title: Bacterial peritonitis caused by Kingella kingae.
abstract: Kingella kingae is a commensal of the upper respiratory tract that occasionally causes skeletal infections in children and endocarditis in children and adults. We report a case of a 55-year-old man with liver disease and tense ascites who performed a paracentesis on himself and developed K. kingae peritonitis and bacteremia.
authors.affiliation: Temple University Hospital, Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, 500 Parkinson Pavilion, 3401 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA.
authors.forename: Jason J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Bofinger
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fekete
authors.forename: Rafik
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Samuel
mesh_terms: D001201:Ascites / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D017882:Kingella kingae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019152:Paracentesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000382:microbiology*