This PedsCases note provides a one-page infographic on osteomyelitis, including its clinical presentation, diagnosis, and approach to management. This note was created by Shaharyar Ahmad, a medical student at the University of Alberta with the help of Dr. Sarah Forgie, professor and pediatric infectious diseases physician at the University of Alberta.

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References

1. Kaplan, S. L. (2005). Osteomyelitis in children. Infectious Disease Clinics, 19(4), 787-797.

2. Saavedra-Lozano, J., Falup-Pecurariu, O., Faust, S. N., Girschick, H., Hartwig, N., Kaplan, S., ... & LeMair, A. (2017). Bone and joint infections. The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 36(8), 788-799.

3. Yagupsky, P. (2004). Kingella kingae: from medical rarity to an emerging paediatric pathogen. The Lancet infectious diseases, 4(6), 358-367.

4. Saavedra-Lozano, J., Falup-Pecurariu, O., Faust, S. N., Girschick, H., Hartwig, N., Kaplan, S., ... & LeMair, A. (2017). Bone and joint infections. The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 36(8), 788-799.