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Abstract
A model of acute hematogenous osteomyelitis initiated by injection of Staphylococcus aureus into 29-day-old chickens was used. Transmission electron microscopy showed that the bacteria adhered to exposed cartilage matrix in the metaphyseal region of long bones but not to adjacent vascular linings or to erythrocytes. It is proposed that the combination of exposure of growth plate cartilage during normal bone growth and the ability of S. aureus to adhere to this cartilage is the mechanism for initiation of infection which proceeds to an osteomyelitic abscess.Entities:
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Year: 1985 PMID: 4018875 PMCID: PMC262038 DOI: 10.1128/iai.49.2.443-446.1985
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441