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Acute osteomyelitis is most frequently caused by:

A
Staphylococcus aureus
B
Staphylococcus albus
C
Staph. aureus + Staph. albus
D
None of the above
High-Yield Explanation
Acute osteomyelitis is usually a polymicrobial infection. Different types of organisms may be cultured from these lesions; the most common are Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus albus, and various streptococci. Anaerobes such as Bacteroides, Porphyromonas or Prevotella species also predominate. Ref: Shafer's textbook of oral pathology 7th edition page 493

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