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    Diskitis

    Diskitis is a topic covered in the 5-Minute Pediatric Consult.

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    Basics

    Description

    Often benign, self-limited inflammatory process of an intervertebral disk

    Epidemiology

    >50% of the cases occur in children <4 years of age.

    Incidence

    • Peak incidence is between 0 and 2 years of age.
    • Second peak: >10 years

    Prevalence

    Rare

    Pathophysiology

    • Probably of infectious etiology by an indolent organism
    • Usually none identified; occasionally, Staphylococcus aureus, Moraxella, or the Enterobacteriaceae are cultured.
    • Kingella kingae has been implicated in ages 6 months to 4 years old.
    • Can be a late complication after ingested button battery is removed

    Etiology

    Idiopathic, infectious, or traumatic

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    Citation

    Cabana, Michael D., editor. "Diskitis." 5-Minute Pediatric Consult, 8th ed., Wolters Kluwer, 2019. Pediatrics Central, peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/5-Minute-Pediatric-Consult/617435/all/Diskitis.
    Diskitis. In: Cabana MD, ed. 5-Minute Pediatric Consult. 8th ed. Wolters Kluwer; 2019. https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/5-Minute-Pediatric-Consult/617435/all/Diskitis. Accessed April 21, 2019.
    Diskitis. (2019). In Cabana, M. D. (Ed.), 5-Minute Pediatric Consult. Available from https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/5-Minute-Pediatric-Consult/617435/all/Diskitis
    Diskitis [Internet]. In: Cabana MD, editors. 5-Minute Pediatric Consult. Wolters Kluwer; 2019. [cited 2019 April 21]. Available from: https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/5-Minute-Pediatric-Consult/617435/all/Diskitis.
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