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Orthopaedics All India exam 293fe228

Most common cause of chronic osteomyelitis

A
Staphylococcus aureus
B
Streptococcus pyogenes
C
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
D
Staphylococcus epidermidis
High-Yield Explanation
Chronic osteomyelitis is nearly always a sequel to acute osteomyelitisOccasionally infection is subacute or chronic from the beginningAs with acute osteomyelitis, the most common causative organism is staphylococcus areus(Refer: Mohindra's Fundamentals of Ohopedics, 2nd edition, pg no. 283, 284)

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