[Discitis in children and adolescents].

Abstract

This study reported on the anamnesis, clinical and instrumental findings as well as therapy in a girl with discitis. The described diagnostic problems and course are characteristic of this frequently unrecognized disease, the cause of which has not yet been fully clarified. Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures suggested in the literature were critically evaluated.

• Authors: J Nothjunge
• Journal: Klinische Padiatrie (Klin Padiatr) 1989 Sep-Oct Vol. 201 Issue 5 Pg. 400-4 ISSN: 0300-8630 [Print] Germany
• Vernacular Title: Discitis bei Kindern und Adoleszenten.
• PMID: 2677513 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article, Review)

Chemical References

• Clindamycin
• Floxacillin
• Amoxicillin

Topics

• Adolescent
• Amoxicillin (therapeutic use)
• Clindamycin (therapeutic use)
• Combined Modality Therapy
• Diagnostic Imaging
• Discitis (diagnosis, drug therapy)
• Drug Therapy, Combination (therapeutic use)
• Female
• Floxacillin (therapeutic use)
• Humans
• Lumbar Vertebrae (pathology)