Kingella kingae endocarditis in a child with hair-cartilage hypoplasia.
Abstract. Kingella kingae is a fastidious Gram-negative rod that since the 1980s has been appreciated as a cause of a variety of human infections, including bone and joint infections, bacteremia, and rarely endocarditis [2, 6, 7, 9]. K. kingae endocarditis is rare, and only a few cases occur in normal, native valves. We report a case of K. kingae endocarditis in a patient with hair-cartilage hypoplasia who had previously undergone bone marrow transplantation. The combination of these rare conditions is discussed.
Ferber
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Department of Pediatrics, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, PO Box 3235, Jerusalem 91031, Israel.
Bruckheimer
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E
Schlesinger
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Y
Berger
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I
Glaser
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J
Olsha
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O
Branski
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D
Kerem
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E
D000293:Adolescent; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006197:Hair; D006801:Humans; D007153:Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D017882:Kingella kingae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016870:Neisseriaceae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D010009:Osteochondrodysplasias / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis