title: [2 children with discitis].
abstract: The childhood form of discitis was diagnosed in a 2-year-old girl and a 5-year-old boy. They presented with an antalgic posture, muscular defense and a positive Gowers sign. Characteristic symptoms of this childhood discitis form the triad: unexplained fever, increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate and symptomatic narrowing of an intervertebral space.
authors.affiliation: Universiteitskliniek voor Kinderen en Jeugdigen, Het Wilhelmina Kinderziekenhuis, Utrecht.
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Engelbert
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: van der Net
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Schoenmakers
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Keessen
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Helders
mesh_terms: D001915:Braces; D002370:Casts, Surgical; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015299:Discitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography
vernacular_title: Twee kinderen met discitis.