Chronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis?

[trintiybella]

My friends daughter has Chronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis. Has anyone ever heard of this? She thinks it was caused by the lyme. Her child is in lots of pain and I am trying to find out what can help her. Thanks!

[rowingmom]

Not with lyme, but bartonella:

 

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17982727

 

We describe a case of an 11-year-old girl who presented with osteomyelitis of the vertebrae and right femur due to Bartonella henselae. Her only symptom was prolonged fever without focal pain. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) were useful for the diagnosis. Osteomyelitis due to B. henselae should be considered in cases of prolonged fever of unknown origin.

 

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/121/5/e1413.long

 

Bone lesions are a rare complication of infection with B henselae. Often, these lesions are osteolytic, and occur as an osteomyelitis. Clinical manifestations of bony disease include pain and tenderness over the affected bone and lymphadenopathy.