title: Possible association of Kingella kingae with infantile spondylodiscitis.
abstract: The course of the spondylodiscitis' infantile form is characterized by a mild-to-moderate clinical and biologic inflammatory response. Unfortunately, blood and disk/vertebral aspiration cultures show a high percentage of negative results. However, detecting Kingella kingae DNA in the oropharynx provided reasonable suspicion, to our opinion, that this microorganism is responsible for the spondylodiscitis.
authors.affiliation: From the *Pediatric Orthopedic Service; and †Pediatric Radiology Service, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Dimitri
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ceroni
authors.forename: Wilson
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Belaieff
authors.forename: Akatarina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kanavaki
authors.forename: Rebecca Anderson
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Della Llana
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lascombes
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dubois-Ferriere
authors.forename: Romain
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dayer
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D015299:Discitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D017882:Kingella kingae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D016870:Neisseriaceae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D009960:Oropharynx / Q000382:microbiology; D011446:Prospective Studies