Invasive infection from Kingella kingae: Not only arthritis

Garyfallia Syridou; Panagiota Giannopoulou; Nikoletta Charalampaki; Joseph Papaparaskevas; Paraskevi Korovessi; Sophia Papagianni; Athanassios Tsakris; Eleftheria Trikka-Grafakou

doi:10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00732

Invasive infection from Kingella kingae: Not only arthritis

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

Authors

Garyfallia Syridou¹, Panagiota Giannopoulou¹, Nikoletta Charalampaki¹, Joseph Papaparaskevas¹, Paraskevi Korovessi¹, Sophia Papagianni¹, Athanassios Tsakris¹, Eleftheria Trikka-Grafakou¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Paediatrics, Thriasio General Hospital, Athens Greece.

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.

Publication types

Case Reports