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Osteomyelitis: What You Should Know About Treatment and Rehab

Key Takeaways What is Osteomyelitis? Osteomyelitis is a medical term for a bone infection. It occurs when the bone and marrow become inflamed by invading germs, most often bacteria.  Osteomyelitis was coined from three Greek words: osteon (bone), myelo (marrow), and -itis (inflammation), by a surgeon, Nélaton, in the 1840s.  Osteomyelitis can affect people of […]

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