Acute Haematogenous Metacarpal Osteomyelitis in Children: A Case Report and Review of Literature

Table 1

Author	Epidemiology	Location	Mechanism	Germen	Treatment	Functional result	X-ray results
Keret et al.,; 1998 [2]	9-year-old male.	Left hand, 3rd metacarpal	Dog scratch	Bartonella henselae	Antibiotic therapy	Normal	Normal
Bickel et al., 1993 [3]	10 month old male.	Right hand, 3rd metacarpal	Hematogenous	Coccidioides immitis	Surgery + antibiotic therapy	Lost of followup at 3 months	Lost of followup at 3 months
Zitoun et al., 2003 [4]	6-year-old male.	Left hand, 4th metacarpal	Trauma	Staphylococcus aureus	Surgery + antibiotic therapy	Normal	Metatarsal shortening
Aebi and Ramilo, 1998 [5] case 1	5-year-old female.	Left hand, 3rd metacarpal	Chickenpox lesions	Staphylococcus aureus	Surgery + antibiotic therapy	Normal	Expansion and periosteal reaction
Aebi and Ramilo, 1998 [5] case 2	2-year-old male	Left hand, 3rd metacarpal	Chickenpox lesions	Streptococcus pyogenes	Surgery + antibiotic therapy	Normal	Normal