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Infection of bone

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Pathology of Bone

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Infection of bone is usually bacterial, although fungal and viral diseases occasionally affect the skeleton, as do parasite infestations. The following account will deal mainly with bacterial osteomyelitis, and the other forms of infection will be discussed more briefly.

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  1. Institute of Pathology, The London Hospital, Bone and Joint Research Unit, The London Hospital Medical College, Whitechapel, London, UK

    Peter A. Revell BSc, MB, BS, PhD, MRCPath (Senior Lecturer in Morbid Anatomy)

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Revell, P.A. (1986). Infection of bone. In: Pathology of Bone. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1377-5_10

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