Kingella kingae infections of the skeletal system in children: diagnosis and therapy.
As the result of improved bacteriological techniques, Kingella kingae is emerging as an important cause of infections of the skeletal system in children younger than 2 years of age. This review details the bacteriological features and detection methods of this pathogen, as well as the epidemiology, clinical presentation, treatment and prognosis of septic arthritis, osteomyelitis and diskitis caused by the organism.
Soroka University Medical Center, Clinical Microbiology Laboratories, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84101, Israel. yagupsky@bgumail.bgu.ac.il
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D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D015299:Discitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000382:microbiology; D017882:Kingella kingae / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D016870:Neisseriaceae Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents