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The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume
Vol. 72-B, Issue 3 | Pages 494 - 499
1 May 1990
Bennett O Namnyak S

We investigated 57 patients with sickle cell anaemia (HbSS) and bone and joint changes. Osteonecrosis simulating a wide range of conditions was a common radiological feature, and osteomyelitis occurred in 61% of cases. Salmonella species were the commonest causative organisms, occurring in 71% of patients with osteomyelitis, although salmonella septic arthritis occurred in only two. The distinction between vaso-occlusive bone crisis and acute osteomyelitis was often difficult since the classical clinical and radiological features and laboratory findings also occurred in bone infarction, a common feature of the disease.