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Case Reports
. 2020 Feb 24:20:e00732.
doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00732. eCollection 2020.

Invasive infection from Kingella kingae: Not only arthritis

Garyfallia Syridou  1 , Panagiota Giannopoulou  1 , Nikoletta Charalampaki  1 , Joseph Papaparaskevas  1 , Paraskevi Korovessi  1 , Sophia Papagianni  1 , Athanassios Tsakris  1 , Eleftheria Trikka-Grafakou  1
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Invasive infection from Kingella kingae: Not only arthritis

Garyfallia Syridou et al. IDCases. .

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Kingella bacteremia; Kingella kingae; Kingella pneumonia.

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