Pediatric acute osteomyelitis in the postvaccine, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus era.

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We sought to describe the causative organisms, bones involved, and complications in cases of pediatric osteomyelitis in the postvaccine age and in the era of increasing infection with community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Am J Emerg Med

Title: The American journal of emergency medicine

ISSN (Electronic): 1532-8171

ISSN (Print): 0735-6757

Publication date (Electronic): Oct 2015

Volume: 33

Issue: 10

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[1 ] Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, CA.

[2 ] Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Loma Linda University Medical Center and Children's Hospital, Loma Linda, CA.

[3 ] Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Loma Linda University Medical Center and Children's Hospital, Loma Linda, CA. Electronic address: tpyoung@llu.edu.

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Publisher Item ID: S0735-6757(15)00567-7

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2015.07.011

PubMed ID: 26298052

SO-VID: 5ce7af5f-9a86-46e4-8ee1-7d574ef49aa3

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