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Abstract
Osteomyelitis (OM) is an inflammatory process accompanied by bone destruction and caused by an infecting microorganism. It is an infectious disease that is difficult to diagnose, and treatment is complex because of its heterogeneity, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, and management.The aim of this study is to systematically review the literature regarding bone infection incidence, pathology, investigation, antibiotics, surgery and outcomes. Electronic research was done at the library of Benha faculty of medicine. A systematic review was performed according to the PRISMA statement for reporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses of studies that evaluate the issue of osteomyelitis management. The electronic resources included the Cochrane central register of controlled trials, PubMed central database, Medscape and Medline database.Duplicate studies and those not published in English were then excluded. Any animal in vivo or in vitro studies were excluded. There was minimum follow up period for the included studies, which was 2 years. All levels of evidence except reviews, commentaries or general discussion papers not presenting data on impact were included for review.The exclusion criteria included duplicate studies, studies not published in English, animal studies less than 2 years of follow up, reviews and commentaries. In this review, a total of 14 articles of 14 different studies were included for final analysis. The different search methods at the electronic resources; the Cochrane central register of controlled trials, PubMed central database, Medscape and Medline database; provided a total of 1198 records at first. Searching the PubMed database gave 259 results, whereas a comparable search in the Cochrane library database resulted in 537 hits.