Kingella kingae meningitis with bilateral infarcts of the basal ganglia.
Kingella kingae was isolated for the first time from the cerebrospinal fluid in a 21-month-old Caucasian girl with stomatitis and meningitis. A computed axial tomogram of the brain showed changes compatible with bilateral infarction of the basal ganglia. Ampicillin and chloramphenicol treatment was effective.
D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000098:blood supply*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008581:Meningitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D009346:Neisseriaceae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013280:Stomatitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed