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A case ascertainment study of septic discitis: clinical, microbiological and radiological features
Q J Med 2001; 94: 465-47 N. Hopkinson, J. Stevenson1 and S. Benjamin
We studied the spectrum of septic discitis presenting to two busy district general hospitals over 2.5 years (November 1996 to April 1999), surveying the case notes of all...

J Am Acad Orthop Surg, Vol 11, No 6, November/December 2003, 413-420.
Childhood Diskitis Sean D. Early, MD, Robert M. Kay, MD and Vernon T. Tolo, MD
Childhood diskitis may occur in the thoracic, lumbar, or sacral spine and can affect children of all ages, but it is most common in the lumbar...

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PEDIATRICS Vol. 105 No. 6 June 2000, pp. 1299-1304
Discitis and Vertebral Osteomyelitis in Children: An 18-Year Review
Marisol Fernandez, MD*, Clark L. Carrol, MD, and Carol J. Baker, MD*
Conclusion. This comparative study suggests that age and clinical presentation distinguish most patients with discitis from those with vertebral osteomyelitis. Although radiographs...

2 synonyms or equivalents were found. Discitis (diskitis) aka/or Spondylodiskitis
Discitis: Definition(s) via UMLS - "Inflammation of an intervertebral disk or disk space which may lead to disk erosion. Until recently, discitis has been defined as a nonbacterial inflammation and has been attributed to aseptic processes (e.g., chemical reaction to an injected substance). However,...

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History: Patient presents with back pain
-Factoid Discussion: Hematogenous seeding of infection occurs in the vertebral body, especially near the endplates which have the highest blood supply. Osteomyelitis may also develop. Pyogenic infection may break through into the disc. There may be extension into the paraspinous soft tissues....

Radiology case 336-2116

Article by Jallo & Marcovici
Diskitis (discitis) is an inflammation of the vertebral disk space often related to infection. Infection of the disk space must be considered with vertebral osteomyelitis, as these conditions are almost always present together and share much of the same pathophysiology, symptoms, and treatment. Although diskitis and...

Age and Ageing, Vol 29, 454-456, Copyright © 2000 by British Geriatrics Society
Case report. Infective discitis as an uncommon but important cause of back pain in older people
V Goel, J Young and C Patterson
Case reports. Two elderly patients (aged 70 and 80 years) presented with severe back pain and...

N. Talsania, O. A. Ogundipe: Infective Discitis Mimicking Infective Endocarditis and Osteoarthritic Back Pain. The Internet Journal of Rheumatology. 2005. Volume 2 Number 1. (full text)
Abstract
The case of a 76 year old lady with bacteraemia and persistent back pain is presented. Due to the presence of notable co-morbidities, she was...

General Principles in the Medical and Surgical Management of Spinal Infections: A Multidisciplinary Approach Neurosurg Focus 17(6)
Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, M.D.; Peter Jun, M.D.; Richard Jacobs, M.D.; William S. Rosenberg, M.D.; Philip R. Weinstein, M.D.
Abstract
Object: Infections along the spinal axis are characterized by an insidious onset, and the resulting delays in diagnosis are...

Discussion: - a benign, self-limiting inflammation or infection of an intervertebral disc space or a vertebral end-plate; - it may represent extension of subacute vertebral endplate osteomyelitis which does not ...

Post-operative discitis
acute infections usually occur between 1-2 wks after surgery; - pt who has recently undergone excision of a herniated disc and who presents with localized back pain and spasm following a relatively ...

Postprocedural discitis is an infection in the vertebral disc space that may occur following any invasive procedure of the spine, especially those in the low back, and can be difficult to diagnose. The vertebral disc is the soft cushioning material that lies between the bones (called "vertebrae") of the spine....

Scott M.W. Haufe, Anthony R. Mork: Prevalence of Discitis post Lumbar Endoscopic Discectomy. The Internet Journal of Spine Surgery. 2005. Volume 1 Number 1.
Results: 3 out of 109 patients developed discitis. 2 patients did not receive preoperative antibiotics and one patient did receive preoperative antibiotics. Conclusions: Discitis after lumbar endoscopic...