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. 2013 Nov;32(11):1296-8.
doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3182a6df50.

Possible association of Kingella kingae with infantile spondylodiscitis

Dimitri Ceroni  1 , Wilson Belaieff, Akatarina Kanavaki, Rebecca Anderson Della Llana, Pierre Lascombes, Victor Dubois-Ferriere, Romain Dayer
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Possible association of Kingella kingae with infantile spondylodiscitis

Dimitri Ceroni et al. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013 Nov.

Abstract

The course of the spondylodiscitis' infantile form is characterized by a mild-to-moderate clinical and biologic inflammatory response. Unfortunately, blood and disk/vertebral aspiration cultures show a high percentage of negative results. However, detecting Kingella kingae DNA in the oropharynx provided reasonable suspicion, to our opinion, that this microorganism is responsible for the spondylodiscitis.

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