Kingella kingae: from oropharyngeal carriage to paediatric osteoarticular infections

Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2018 Feb;16(2):85-87. doi: 10.1080/14787210.2018.1421944. Epub 2018 Jan 9.

Authors

Raimonda Valaikaite¹, Nawal El Houmami², Vasiliki Spyropoulou³, Gabriel Braendle³, Dimitri Ceroni¹

Affiliations

¹ a Paediatric Orthopedic Service , Geneva University Hospitals , Geneva , Switzerland.
² c Aix-Marseille University , Research Unit on Infectious and Emerging Tropical Diseases (URMITE), Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée Infection, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille , Marseille , France.
³ b Paediatric Service , Geneva University Hospitals , Geneva , Switzerland.

PMID: 29291633
DOI: 10.1080/14787210.2018.1421944

No abstract available

Keywords: Kingella kingae; PCR assay; colonization; oropharyngeal; osteoarticular infection.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Arthritis, Infectious / epidemiology*
Arthritis, Infectious / microbiology
Carrier State / epidemiology
Carrier State / microbiology
Child, Preschool
Humans
Infant
Kingella kingae / isolation & purification*
Neisseriaceae Infections / epidemiology*
Neisseriaceae Infections / microbiology
Oropharynx / microbiology