Scientific article
Case report
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Osteoarticular Infections of the Chest Wall Due to Kingella Kingae: A Series of 8 Cases

Published inThe pediatric infectious disease journal, vol. 39, no. 5, p. e54-e56
Publication date2020-05
First online date2020
Abstract

Osteoarticular infections of the chest wall are relatively uncommon in pediatric patients and affect primarily infants and toddlers. Clinical presentation is often vague and nonspecific. Laboratory findings may be unremarkable in osteoarticular chest wall infections and not suggestive of an osteoarticular infection. Causative microbes are frequently identified if specific nucleic acid amplification assays are carried out. In the young pediatric population, there is evidence that Kingella kingae is 1 of the main the main causative pathogens of osteoarticular infections of the chest wall.

Keywords
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Arthritis, Infectious / diagnostic imaging
  • Arthritis, Infectious / microbiology
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Kingella kingae / drug effects
  • Kingella kingae / genetics
  • Kingella kingae / pathogenicity
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Neisseriaceae Infections / complications
  • Neisseriaceae Infections / diagnostic imaging
  • Respiratory Tract Infections
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Thoracic Wall / microbiology
Citation (ISO format)
CERONI, Dimitri et al. Osteoarticular Infections of the Chest Wall Due to Kingella Kingae: A Series of 8 Cases. In: The pediatric infectious disease journal, 2020, vol. 39, n° 5, p. e54–e56. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002624
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