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Question 31#

The following best classifies a patient with an acute osteomyelitis of the sternum which presents 2 weeks after median sternotomy and coronary grafting, and which is culture positive:

A. Pairolero Type A
B. Pairolero Type B
C. Pairolero Type C
D. All of the above
E. None of the above

Correct Answer is B

Comment:

Pairolero Type B. Pairolero classified sternal osteomyelitis into three categories. The first is characterised by a culture-negative serous discharge within days of surgery without cellulitis, chondritis or osteomyelitis. The second is acute, suppurative and culture positive osteomyelitis, and the third presents months after surgery and is often an acute-on-chronic osteomyelitis.