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Five cases of chronic, inflammatory, multifocal bone lesions of unknown etiology are reported. Although bone biopsy confirmed osteomyelitis in each case in none of them were organisms found inspite of an extensive work up. Different clinical course of the disease reflects different aetiology in respective cases. These cases present changing aspects of osteomyelitis emerging since introduction of antibiotics.
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Kozlowski, K., Masel, J., Harbison, S. et al. Multifocal chronic osteomyelitis of unknown etiology. Pediatr Radiol 13, 130–136 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01624396
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