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Differentiating osteoarticular infections caused by Kingella kingae from those due to typical pathogens in young children

Published inThe Pediatric infectious disease journal, vol. 30, no. 10, p. 906-909
Publication date2011
Abstract

Osteoarticular infections caused by Kingella kingae are characterized by mild-to-moderate clinical and biologic inflammatory signs that are different from those caused by Gram-positive cocci. A combined score was built to find the best model to predict K. kingae osteoarticular infections by using the following 4 variables: body temperature <38°C, serum C-reactive protein <55 mg/L, white blood cell count <14,000/mm, and band forms <150/mm.

Keywords
  • Arthritis, Infectious/microbiology/pathology
  • Body Temperature
  • C-Reactive Protein/analysis
  • Child, Preschool
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections/diagnosis/microbiology/pathology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Inflammation/pathology
  • Kingella kingae/isolation & purification
  • Leukocyte Count
  • Male
  • Neisseriaceae Infections/diagnosis/microbiology/pathology
  • Predictive Value of Tests
Citation (ISO format)
CERONI, Dimitri et al. Differentiating osteoarticular infections caused by Kingella kingae from those due to typical pathogens in young children. In: The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 2011, vol. 30, n° 10, p. 906–909. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31821c3aee
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