31. Intracellular existence of bacteria in osteomyelitis is likely an unrecognized contributing factor to its chronic form. 32. Mantle developed the bone-disease osteomyelitis in high school, almost losing his leg to amputation. 33. It grew larger, became infected and developed into chronic osteomyelitis , a potentially fatal bone disease. 34. She suffered a minor stroke in 1956, and later underwent surgery on her jawbone for osteomyelitis . 35. In tubercular osteomyelitis , the long bones and vertebrae are the ones that tend to be affected. 36. He contracted osteomyelitis when he was a teenager and ill health would dog him throughout his life. 37. An entity initially known as chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis ( CRMO ) was first described in 1972. 38. She was disabled from osteomyelitis of the hip that she suffered from as a child following septicaemia. 39. Jun 2011 : Taksta may be effective in the treatment of chronic prosthetic joint infections and osteomyelitis . 40. The " Burkholderia cepacia " complex has been implicated in vertebral osteomyelitis in intravenous drug users.