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MeSH Heading: Discitis
Tree Number(s): C01.160.762.301; C05.116.165.762.301; C05.116.900.853.500
Unique ID: D015299
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015299
Annotation: coord IM with specific vertebrae (IM)
Scope Note: Inflammation of an INTERVERTEBRAL DISC or disk space which may lead to disk erosion. Until recently, discitis has been defined as a nonbacterial inflammation and has been attributed to aseptic processes (e.g., chemical reaction to an injected substance). However, recent studies provide evidence that infection may be the initial cause, but perhaps not the promoter, of most cases of discitis. Discitis has been diagnosed in patients following discography, myelography, lumbar puncture, paravertebral injection, and obstetrical epidural anesthesia. Discitis following chemonucleolysis (especially with chymopapain) is attributed to chemical reaction by some and to introduction of microorganisms by others.
Entry Term(s): Diskitis; Spondylodiscitis; Spondylodiskitis
Previous Indexing: Intervertebral Disk (1966-1988); Spinal Diseases (1966-1988); Spondylitis (1966-1988)
Public MeSH Note: 89
History Note: 89
Date Established: 1989/01/01
Date of Entry: 1988/05/26
Revision Date: 2019/06/17

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0023556
Scope Note: Inflammation of an INTERVERTEBRAL DISC or disk space which may lead to disk erosion. Until recently, discitis has been defined as a nonbacterial inflammation and has been attributed to aseptic processes (e.g., chemical reaction to an injected substance). However, recent studies provide evidence that infection may be the initial cause, but perhaps not the promoter, of most cases of discitis. Discitis has been diagnosed in patients following discography, myelography, lumbar puncture, paravertebral injection, and obstetrical epidural anesthesia. Discitis following chemonucleolysis (especially with chymopapain) is attributed to chemical reaction by some and to introduction of microorganisms by others.
Terms: Discitis Preferred Term
Term UI T044975
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1989); Diskitis
Term UI T044977
Date05/26/1988
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Spondylodiskitis
Term UI T044978
Date05/26/1988
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Spondylodiscitis
Term UI T044976
Date05/26/1988
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX)

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