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. 2019 Oct;38(10):e270-e271.
doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002375.

Recurrent Acute Septic Arthritis Caused by Kingella kingae in a 16-Month-Old Boy

Anais Chosidow  1 , Stéphane Bonacorsi  2 , Didier Moissenet  3 , Philippe Bidet  2 , Aurélie Schnuriger  4 , Emmanuel Grimprel  1 , Raphael Vialle  5 , Mathie Lorrot  1
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Recurrent Acute Septic Arthritis Caused by Kingella kingae in a 16-Month-Old Boy

Anais Chosidow et al. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2019 Oct.

Abstract

We describe the first case of 2 consecutive acute septic arthritis infections of both knees caused by the same virulent strain of Kingella kingae belonging to the virulent sequence type complex 14, in a 16-month-old boy. Both infections occurred after viral upper respiratory tract infections.

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