Definition of "hematogenous" [hematogenous]

• Producing blood. (adjective)
• Originating in or spread by the blood. (adjective)

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• "Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis in children and adolescents"
• "Changing patterns of acute hematogenous osteomyelitis and septic arthritis: emergence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus."
• "Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes are associated with enhanced inflammatory response and local disease in acute hematogenous Staphylococcus aureus osteomyelitis in children."