Two Cases of Diskitis Attributable to Anaerobic Bacteria in Children

Description: PEDIATRICS Vol. 107 No. 2 February 2001, p. e26
ELECTRONIC ARTICLE: Two Cases of Diskitis Attributable to Anaerobic Bacteria in Children
Itzhak Brook, MD, MSc Diskitis, an inflammation of the intervertebral disk, is generally attributable to Staphylococcus aureus and rarely Staphylococcus epidermidis, Kingella kingae, Enterobacteriaciae, and Streptococcus pneumoniae. In many cases, no bacterial growth is obtained from infected intervertebral discs. Although anaerobic bacteria were recovered from adults with spondylodiscitis, these organisms were not reported before from children. The recovery of anaerobic bacteria in 2 children with diskitis is reported.