[Imaging diagnostics of osteitis, osteomyelitis and joint infections].

Imaging diagnostics and surgical treatment of bone and joint infections are of paramount interest. The main purpose of our survey is to give a detailed overview about methods, indications, image criteria and efficiency of imaging diagnostics as a state of the art presentation. In conclusion we attempt to give some recommendations for clinical scenarios and diagnostic procedures concerning bone and joint infections. This paper has been prepared under the patronage of the AG Septische Chirurgie of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Unfallchirurgie in Germany. It is our aim to update the paper with respect to the technical and clinical improvements and to publish it again after a number of years.

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