Citation
L. Wells et al., Kingella kingae endocarditis in a sixteen month-old child, PEDIAT INF, 20(4), 2001, pp. 454-455
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease
Journal title
PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL
ISSN journal
08913668
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Volume
20
Issue
4
Year of publication
2001
Pages
454 - 455
Database
ISI
SICI code
0891-3668(200104)20:4<454:KKEIAS>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
We report the case of a child with acute neurologic symptoms who was found
to have bacterial endocarditis caused by Kingella kingae. The case alerts m
icrobiologists and pediatricians to an organism that has rarely been report
ed to cause endocarditis in children.