Intervertebral discitis in childhood.

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics
M M HassoonO Eeg-Olofsson

Abstract

Many paediatricians are unaware of the disease entity of discitis, which must be included in the differential diagnosis of several acute and subacute diseases of infancy and childhood. In order to draw attention to this disorder, three Swedish and two Arabic children, aged from 9 months to 3 years, are jointly presented. The onset of symptoms was 2-4 weeks prior to admission. The clinical diagnosis was verified by plain X-ray of the spine and bone scanning. Two of the children had low grade fevers. The erythrocyte sedimentation rates were moderately elevated, while white blood cell counts were normal or slightly increased. Blood cultures were negative. The children were treated with immobilization, and three of them received antibiotics. Full recovery was achieved in all children after 1-2 months. The diagnostic procedure and the rationale of using or not using antibiotic treatment is discussed.

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Mar 9, 2006·Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research·Sotirios Tsiodras, Matthew E Falagas
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