title: Small risk of osteoarticular infections in children with asymptomatic oropharyngeal carriage of Kingella kingae.
abstract: The aim of this study was to evaluate the absolute risk for children younger than 4 years of age with asymptomatic oropharyngeal carriage of Kingella kingae to sustain an osteoarticular infection. The rate of K. kingae carriage in the oropharyngeal mucosa was 9% among healthy children, and the risk for an asymptomatic carrier to develop an osteoarticular infection due to K. Kingae was estimated to be lower than 1%.
authors.affiliation: Service of Paediatric Ortho-paedics, Department of Child and Adolescent, University Hospitals of Geneva, 6 Rue Willy Donzé 1211, Geneva 14/ Switzerland. dimitri. ceroni@hcuge.ch
authors.forename: Dimitri
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ceroni
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dubois-Ferrière
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Combescure
authors.forename: Léopold
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lamah
authors.forename: Abdessalam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cherkaoui
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schrenzel
mesh_terms: D001850:Bone Diseases, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D017882:Kingella kingae / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016870:Neisseriaceae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D009960:Oropharynx / Q000382:microbiology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013557:Switzerland / Q000453:epidemiology