title: [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.affiliation: Abteilung Allgemeine Pädiatrie der Universitäts-Kinderklinik.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nothjunge
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000658:Amoxicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002981:Clindamycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D015299:Discitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005436:Floxacillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D002981:Clindamycin; D005436:Floxacillin; D000658:Amoxicillin
vernacular_title: Discitis bei Kindern und Adoleszenten.