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Infections > Bone Diseases, Infectious > Osteomyelitis
Musculoskeletal Diseases > Bone Diseases > Bone Diseases, Infectious > Osteomyelitis

Preferred term

Osteomyelitis  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Scope note

  • INFLAMMATION of the bone as a result of infection. It may be caused by a variety of infectious agents, especially pyogenic (PUS - producing) BACTERIA.

In other languages

  • osteomyeliitti

    Finnish

  • infectio ossis NAS
  • luukalvon tulehdus ilman mainintaa osteomyeliitistä
  • luumätä
  • luuydintulehdus
  • luuytimen tulehdus
  • määrittämätön osteomyeliitti
  • osteomyelitis
  • osteomyelitis non specificata
  • periostiitti
  • periostitis sine osteomyeliti
  • tarkemmin määrittämätön luukudoksen infektio
  • Osteomyelit

    Swedish

  • Benröta

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D010019

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