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Detection of Kingella kingae osteoarticular infections in children by oropharyngeal swab PCR

ContributorsCeroni, Dimitri; Dubois-Ferriere, Victor; Cherkaoui, Abdessalam; Gesuele, Renzi; Combescure, Christopheorcid; Lamah, Léopold; Manzano, Sergioorcid; Hibbs, Jonathan; Schrenzel, Jacques
Published inPediatrics, vol. 131, no. 1, p. e230-235
Publication date2013
Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate if oropharyngeal swab polymerase chain reaction (PCR) could predict osteoarticular infection (OAI) due to Kingella kingae in young children.

Keywords
  • Cartilage, Articular/microbiology/pathology
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Kingella kingae/isolation & purification/pathogenicity
  • Male
  • Neisseriaceae Infections/diagnosis/microbiology
  • Oropharynx/microbiology
  • Osteomyelitis/diagnosis/genetics/microbiology
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Prospective Studies
  • Specimen Handling/methods
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CERONI, Dimitri et al. Detection of Kingella kingae osteoarticular infections in children by oropharyngeal swab PCR. In: Pediatrics, 2013, vol. 131, n° 1, p. e230–235. doi: 10.1542/peds.2012-0810
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