Invasive infection from Kingella kingae: Not only arthritis

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Panagiota Giannopoulou¹  Garyfallia Syridou²  Eleftheria Trikka-Grafakou³  Nikoletta Charalampaki³  Sophia Papagianni³  Paraskevi Korovessi³  Athanassios Tsakris³  Joseph Papaparaskevas³ 

[1] Department of Paediatrics, Thriasio General Hospital, Athens Greece;Corresponding author.;Department of Paediatrics, Thriasio General Hospital, Athens Greece;

关键词: Kingella bacteremia;    Kingella kingae;    Kingella pneumonia;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

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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