Successful Treatment with Antibiotics Alone for Infant Rib Osteomyelitis

• Main Authors: Yasuaki Matsumoto (Author), Katsuyoshi Shimozawa (Author), Junko Yamanaka (Author), Yukari Atsumi (Author), Tomomi Ota (Author), Shinji Mochizuki (Author), Hiroyuki Shichino (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Pediatric rib osteomyelitis is a rare disease occurring predominantly in the neonatal period and early childhood and accounting for about 1% of all pediatric osteomyelitis. Compared to osteomyelitis in other parts of the body, pediatric rib osteomyelitis shows few localized findings (such as redness...