obsolete discitis https://github.com/monarch-initiative/mondo/issues/3852 https://www.malacards.org/card/discitis true MONDO:0006728 intervertebral disk inflammation OBSOLETE. Inflammation of an intervertebral disk 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. MESH:D015299 This is a phenotype and not a disease. ICD9:722.90 SCTID:2304001 DOID:10986 inflammation of intervertebral disk infectious discitis