Bacterial peritonitis caused by Kingella kingae.
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.
Bofinger
Jason J
JJ
Temple University Hospital, Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, 500 Parkinson Pavilion, 3401 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA.
Fekete
Thomas
T
Samuel
Rafik
R
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*