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KMID : 0361619750100040450
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Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
1975 Volume.10 No. 4 p.450 ~ p.455
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Clinical Observation of the Pyogenic Osteomyelitis
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Abstract
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Clinical review and analysis of all patients with pyogenic osteomyelitis were made in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chungnam National University during the period of January _ 1968 to October´ 1974.
The following results were obtained.
1 The disease is increasing gradully in its incidence and in its morbidity every,-year.
2. The highest incidence was found among 10 to 20 year-old patients.
3. The most commonly affected sites were femur, tibia and humerus in that order.
4. Coagulase (＋) staphylococcus was the most common infecting organism present in 68.8% of ali cases.
5. The sex distribution was 109 males, or .71:3 % and 45 females, or 28.7 % in ratio of 2:1
6. In this series of cases; 91.3 % of staphylococcus aureus was found to be resistant to penicillin.
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