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Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis (AHO) is an infalammation of the bone which is usually bacterial in origin , it is primarily a disease of young children and almost half of the affected patients are below 5 years of age with predominance in males (David H.Hong, Text book of pediatrics infectious diseases , section K , Page (76)) , although most common pathogen is staph species , Kingella.kingae (k.kingae) is major cause in younger age group this organims is a Gram negative coccobacilli which is normally found in the oropharynx