Diskitis is an inflammatory process involving the intervertebral disks and the end plates of the vertebral bodies. It is associated with characteristic clinical and radiologic findings, but information about diskitis is derived primarily from case reports and retrospective studies of…
Infectious arthritis in children can be caused by bacteria, viruses, or fungi. Pyogenic arthritis is characterized by a purulent inflammatory response, usually caused by a bacterial infection. Reactive (inflammatory) arthritis is inflammation of one or more joints that can result…
Osteomyelitis is inflammation of bone. It is usually caused by bacteria but occasionally by fungi. Osteomyelitis in children has a mainly hematogenous origin; less commonly, it occurs as a result of trauma, surgery, or spread from infected contiguous soft tissue.…