%0 Journal Article %T NONSPECIFIC INFECTIONS OF THE BONE TISSUE %A Zoran Golubovic %J Acta Medica Medianae %D 2002 %I The Faculty of Medicine in Nis %X Osteomyelitis represents an inflammation of the bone tissue caused by microorganisms. The cause of the inflammation can be bacteria, viruses and parasites. The bone infections are divided into specific and nonspecific. Regarding the course they take, they can be of acute or chronic form. Nonspecific bone infections are analyzed, namely, hematogenic and exogenous osteomyelitis. The most frequent complications of osteomyelitis are bone infection recidivism, pathological fractures, infection penetration into the joint, malign tissue alteration and amyloidosis as a consequence of the chronic infection. %K nonspecific infections of the bone tissue %K hematogenic osteomyelitis %K exogenous osteomyelitis %K Brodi's abscess %K sclerosis osteomyelitis %U http://publisher.medfak.ni.ac.rs/2002-html/Br-6/NESPECIFICNE%20INFEKCIJE%20KOSTANOG%20TKIVA.pdf