title: Kingella kingae endocarditis and a cluster investigation among daycare attendees.
abstract: Kingella kingae can cause invasive pediatric infections and outbreaks of osteomyelitis/septic arthritis in daycare facilities have been described. This is the first reported public health investigation prompted by a case of K. kingae endocarditis in an infant attending a daycare facility. A concurrent case of osteomyelitis was identified. Screening of daycare contacts revealed a low rate of colonization before antibiotic prophylaxis.
authors.affiliation: Durham County Health Department, Durham, NC, USA. idrod@med.unc.edu
authors.forename: Arlene C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Seña
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Seed
authors.forename: Brad
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nicholson
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Joyce
authors.forename: Coleen K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Cunningham
mesh_terms: D002353:Carrier State / Q000382:microbiology; D002648:Child; D002656:Child Day Care Centers; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D017882:Kingella kingae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008297:Male; D016870:Neisseriaceae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000382:microbiology