Endocarditis due to Kingella kingae.
Four cases of endocarditis due to Kingella kingae are described in compromised patients. All had primary heart disease, and two had systemic lupus erythematosis and congenital heart defect respectively, in addition. Confirmation of Kingella kingae was made in one case at autopsy. The literature on 11 cases of endocarditis, 2 bacteremia, 4 osteomyelitis, 5 septic arthritis and 1 intervertebral disc infection, all caused by Kingella kingae, is reviewed. Our findings confirm that the organism is of low pathogenicity. Children may be predisposed to infection with Kingella kingae.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000382:microbiology; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007403:Intervertebral Disc; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009346:Neisseriaceae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000382:microbiology; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology; D013166:Spondylitis / Q000382:microbiology
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents