title: Kingella kingae endocardial abscess and cerebral infarction in a previously well immunocompetent child.
abstract: Kingella kingae is an emerging paediatric pathogen that most commonly is associated with relatively benign osteoarticular disease in children. This report concerns a 1-year-old child with Kingella kingae endocarditis and perivalvular abscess complicated by septic cerebral emboli and osteomyelitis leading to long-term neurological sequelae, highlighting the capacity of this organism to cause severe invasive disease in children.
authors.affiliation: Royal Children's Hospital, Infectious Diseases Unit and Department of General Medicine, Flemington Road Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, 3052, Australia.
authors.forename: Ben
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gelbart
authors.forename: Tom G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Connell
authors.forename: Igor E
authors.initials: IE
authors.lastname: Konstantinov
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: Mike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Starr