- Most common type of hematogenous Osteomyelitis
- Polymicrobial in 5-10% of patients
- Extraspinal infection site
- Urinary tract instrumentation
- Indwelling vascular catheter
- Hemodialysis
- Intravenous Drug Abuse
- Cancer
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Common causes
- Hematogenous spread
- Surgery
- Other causes
- Trauma
- Adjacent infection spread
- Spine Surgery complication
- MRI Spine
- Antibiotic course for 6 weeks
- See Spinal Infection
- See Acute Osteomyelitis Management