11-month-old child refuses to sit up.
Discitis and vertebral osteomyelitis are rare in children and require a high index of suspicion for the timely diagnosis. The diagnosis should be considered in a child who develops a limp or in an infant who displays a postural or positional preference.
Germain
Melissa L St
ML
Department of Pediatrics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Nebraska, USA.
Krenzer
Kari A
KA
Hasley
Brian P
BP
Varman
Meera
M
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002437:Cefazolin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015299:Discitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002437:Cefazolin