Acta Medica Medianae
Vol. 41
No 6, 2002
UDK 61
YU ISSN 0365-4478

 



Contact:
Zoran GOLUBOVIĆ
Orthopedic-traumatological Clinic of the Clinic Center, Niš
 

NONSPECIFIC INFECTIONS OF THE BONE TISSUE

Zoran GOLUBOVIĆ

Orthopedic-traumatological Clinic of the Clinic Center, Niš

Osteomyelitis represents an inflammation of the bone tissue caused by microorganisms. The cause of the inflammation can be bacteria, viruses and parasites. The bone infections are divided into specific and nonspecific. Regarding the course they take, they can be of acute or chronic form. Nonspecific bone infections are analyzed, namely, hematogenic and exogenous osteomyelitis. The most frequent complications of osteomyelitis are bone infection recidivism, pathological fractures, infection penetration into the joint, malign tissue alteration and amyloidosis as a consequence of the chronic infection.

Key words: Nonspecific infections of the bone tissue, hematogenic osteomyelitis, ex-ogenous osteomyelitis, Brodi's abscess, sclerosis osteomyelitis