What Is Osteomyelitis?
7. Antibiotic Treatment
Through tests such as biopsy and blood culture, your doctor may identify the type of bacteria or fungus that is causing your osteomyelitis infection. This is important because it informs which type of antibiotics your doctor can use to fight the infection.
Antibiotic therapy is often the first line of treatment for osteomyelitis. Your doctor may perform a culture and sensibility test to see which medications are effective at killing the pathogens. Because the infection occurs deep in the body, you may have to receive the antibiotics intravenously at first. Later, your doctor may switch you to oral antibiotics.
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