Invasive infection from Kingella kingae: Not only arthritis
Kingella kingae is a known pathogen for osteoarticular infections in young children. However other invasive infections such as pneumonia in immunocompetent patients are scarcely described in literature. We present an unusual case of bacteremia and lower respiratory tract infection in a previously he...
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| author | Garyfallia Syridou Panagiota Giannopoulou Nikoletta Charalampaki Joseph Papaparaskevas Paraskevi Korovessi Sophia Papagianni Athanassios Tsakris Eleftheria Trikka-Grafakou |
| author_facet | Garyfallia Syridou Panagiota Giannopoulou Nikoletta Charalampaki Joseph Papaparaskevas Paraskevi Korovessi Sophia Papagianni Athanassios Tsakris Eleftheria Trikka-Grafakou |
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| description | Kingella kingae is a known pathogen for osteoarticular infections in young children. However other invasive infections such as pneumonia in immunocompetent patients are scarcely described in literature. We present an unusual case of bacteremia and lower respiratory tract infection in a previously healthy infant, the first one described in Greek pediatric population. The pathogen was identified using both culture and molecular techniques |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c55efcf74d954f78b62d1d572b6b77512022-12-21T18:00:04ZengElsevierIDCases2214-25092020-01-0120e00732Invasive infection from Kingella kingae: Not only arthritisGaryfallia Syridou0Panagiota Giannopoulou1Nikoletta Charalampaki2Joseph Papaparaskevas3Paraskevi Korovessi4Sophia Papagianni5Athanassios Tsakris6Eleftheria Trikka-Grafakou7Corresponding author.; Department of Paediatrics, Thriasio General Hospital, Athens GreeceDepartment of Paediatrics, Thriasio General Hospital, Athens GreeceDepartment of Paediatrics, Thriasio General Hospital, Athens GreeceDepartment of Paediatrics, Thriasio General Hospital, Athens GreeceDepartment of Paediatrics, Thriasio General Hospital, Athens GreeceDepartment of Paediatrics, Thriasio General Hospital, Athens GreeceDepartment of Paediatrics, Thriasio General Hospital, Athens GreeceDepartment of Paediatrics, Thriasio General Hospital, Athens GreeceKingella kingae is a known pathogen for osteoarticular infections in young children. However other invasive infections such as pneumonia in immunocompetent patients are scarcely described in literature. We present an unusual case of bacteremia and lower respiratory tract infection in a previously healthy infant, the first one described in Greek pediatric population. The pathogen was identified using both culture and molecular techniqueshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250920300408Kingella bacteremiaKingella kingaeKingella pneumonia |
| spellingShingle | Garyfallia Syridou Panagiota Giannopoulou Nikoletta Charalampaki Joseph Papaparaskevas Paraskevi Korovessi Sophia Papagianni Athanassios Tsakris Eleftheria Trikka-Grafakou Invasive infection from Kingella kingae: Not only arthritis IDCases Kingella bacteremia Kingella kingae Kingella pneumonia |
| title | Invasive infection from Kingella kingae: Not only arthritis |
| title_full | Invasive infection from Kingella kingae: Not only arthritis |
| title_fullStr | Invasive infection from Kingella kingae: Not only arthritis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Invasive infection from Kingella kingae: Not only arthritis |
| title_short | Invasive infection from Kingella kingae: Not only arthritis |
| title_sort | invasive infection from kingella kingae not only arthritis |
| topic | Kingella bacteremia Kingella kingae Kingella pneumonia |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250920300408 |
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