Antibiotics in the management of inflammatory lesions of the intervertebral discs in young children.
A review of 35 cases of inflammatory lesions of the intervertebral discs in young children has failed to establish a role for antibiotics in management. There is a tendency to overinvestigate and overtreat this benign, self-limiting malady, for which a period of six weeks of immobilization in a double hip spica is recommended.
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001510:Bed Rest; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007103:Immobilization; D007223:Infant; D007403:Intervertebral Disc; D008297:Male; D013166:Spondylitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000628:therapy; D013997:Time Factors
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents