Most common causes of bacterial osteomyelitis in children according to age

Age group	Most common bacterial etiologies
<3 months	Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA and MRSA)
	Group B Streptococcus (Streptococcus agalactiae)
	Gram-negative bacilli
3 months to early childhood	S. aureus (MSSA and MRSA)
	Group A Streptococcus (Streptococcus pyogenes)
	Streptococcus pneumoniae
	Kingella kingae*
	Hib^¶
Older children and adolescents	S. aureus (MSSA and MRSA)
	Group A Streptococcus (S. pyogenes)
	S. pneumoniae

MSSA: methicillin-susceptible S. aureus; MRSA: methicillin-resistant S. aureus; Haemophilus influenzae type b: Hib.
* Usually 36 months of age or less.
¶ In children incompletely immunized against Hib.

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Most common causes of bacterial osteomyelitis in children according to age