Most Commmon cause of chronic osteomyelitis ?: (A) Staphylococcus aureus, (B) Streptococcus pyogenes, (C) Mycobacterium tuberculosis, (D) Staphylococcus epidermidis
Answer is A. Ans. is 'a' i.e., Staphylococcus aureus Chronic osteomyelitis is nearly always a sequel to acute osteomyelitis. Occasionally infection is subacute or chronic from the begining. As with acute osteomyelitis, the most common causative organism is staphylococcus areus.