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Our study aimed to compare clinical and laboratory features of NBO and BO in children, to define key discriminative criteria, and to create an NBO diagnostic score (NBODS).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>The retrospective multicenter cohort study included clinical, laboratory, and instrumental information about histologically confirmed NBO (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200991) and BO (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200931). The variables allowed us to differentiate both conditions used to construct and validate the NBO DS.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The main differences between NBO and BO are as follows: onset age\u20147.3 (2.5; 10.6) vs. 10.5 (6.5; 12.7) years (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.03), frequency of fever (34.1% vs. 90.6%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.0000001), symptomatic arthritis (67% vs. 28.1%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.0001), monofocal involvement (28.6% vs. 100%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.0000001), spine (32% vs. 6%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.004), femur (41% vs. 13%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.004), foot bones (40% vs. 13%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.005), clavicula (11% vs. 0%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.05), and sternum (11% vs. 0%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.039) involvement. The following four criteria are included in the NBO DS: CRP\u2009\u2264\u200955\u2005mg\/l (56 points), multifocal involvement (27 points), femur involvement (17 points), and neutrophil bands\u2009\u2264\u2009220\u2005cell\/\u03bcl (15 points). The sum\u2009&amp;gt;\u200917 points allowed to differentiate NBO from BO with a sensitivity of 89.0% and a specificity of 96.9%.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>The diagnostic criteria may help discriminate NBO and BO and avoid excessive antibacterial treatment and surgery.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fped.2023.1067206","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,5,3]],"date-time":"2023-05-03T04:56:32Z","timestamp":1683089792000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Nonbacterial and bacterial osteomyelitis in children: a case\u2013control retrospective study"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Mikhail M.","family":"Kostik","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alexey 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