Microbiologic and Histopathologic Features of Pedal Osteomyelitis

Julieta Madrid-Morales; Marissa M Maier; Amy Boda; Robert Bosch; Kristina L Bajema

doi:10.1093/ofid/ofae592

Microbiologic and Histopathologic Features of Pedal Osteomyelitis

Open Forum Infect Dis. 2024 Oct 5;11(10):ofae592. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofae592. eCollection 2024 Oct.

Authors

Julieta Madrid-Morales¹, Marissa M Maier^{1

2}, Amy Boda², Robert Bosch², Kristina L Bajema^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA.
² Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Portland, Oregon, USA.

Abstract

The value of microbiology and histopathology in the diagnosis of neuropathic foot osteomyelitis remains poorly understood. In this retrospective cohort study, we evaluated the concordance of microbiology and histopathology results from bone resections and found similar proportions of bacterial growth in samples with and without histopathologic evidence of osteomyelitis.

Keywords: diagnosis; histopathology; microbiology; osteomyelitis.