Identifying reservoirs of infections caused by kingella kingae: a case-control study of oropharyngeal carriage of k. kingae among healthy adults

Brändle, Gabriel; Spyropoulou, Vasiliki; Maggio, Albane B R; Anderson De La Llana, Rebecca; Cherkaoui, Abdessalam; Renzi, Gesuele; Schrenzel, Jacques; Manzano, Sergio; Ceroni, Dimitri

doi:10.1097/INF.0000000000001197

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Identifying reservoirs of infections caused by kingella kingae: a case-control study of oropharyngeal carriage of k. kingae among healthy adults

ContributorsBrändle, Gabriel; Spyropoulou, Vasiliki; Maggio, Albane B R; Anderson De La Llana, Rebecca; Cherkaoui, Abdessalam; Renzi, Gesuele; Schrenzel, Jacques; Manzano, Sergio

; Ceroni, Dimitri

Published inPediatric Infectious Disease Journal, vol. 35, no. 8, p. 869-871

Publication date2016

Abstract

Kingella kingae is currently recognized as a significant pathogen of the pediatric population. Nevertheless, the possibility for adults to serve as a reservoir of healthy carriers has not been studied.

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Adolescent
Adult
Carrier State/epidemiology/microbiology/transmission
Case-Control Studies
Child
Preschool
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
Infant
Newborn
Kingella kingae
Male
Middle Aged
Neisseriaceae Infections/epidemiology/microbiology/transmission
Oropharynx/microbiology
Personnel
Hospital/statistics & numerical data
Young Adult

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BRÄNDLE, Gabriel et al. Identifying reservoirs of infections caused by kingella kingae: a case-control study of oropharyngeal carriage of k. kingae among healthy adults. In: Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 2016, vol. 35, n° 8, p. 869–871. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001197

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DOI : 10.1097/INF.0000000000001197
PMID : 27420804

Journal ISSN0891-3668

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Identifying reservoirs of infections caused by kingella kingae: a case-control study of oropharyngeal carriage of k. kingae among healthy adults

Kingella kingae is currently recognized as a significant pathogen of the pediatric population. Nevertheless, the possibility for adults to serve as a reservoir of healthy carriers has not been studied.

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