Kingella kingae endocarditis and a cluster investigation among daycare attendees

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2010 Jan;29(1):86-8. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181b48cc3.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Carrier State / microbiology
  • Child
  • Child Day Care Centers
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / epidemiology*
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Kingella kingae / isolation & purification*
  • Male
  • Neisseriaceae Infections / epidemiology*
  • Neisseriaceae Infections / microbiology*
  • Osteomyelitis / microbiology