Organism causing osteomylitis in sickle cell patient is.. Salmonella

Organism causing osteomylitis in sickle cell patient is:

- Salmonella.
In sickle syndrome, infarctions in the spleen leads to autosplenectomy causing more predisposition to pneumococcal infections. Infarctions in the intestine leads to passage of salmonella which infect the bones causing osteomyelitis.