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Possible Association of Kingella kingae With Infantile Spondylodiscitis

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: The course of the spondylodiscitis' infantile form is characterized by a mild-to-moderate clinical and biologic inflammatory response. Unfortunately, blood and disk/vertebral aspiration cultures show a high percentage of negative results. However, detecting Kingella kingae DNA in the oropharynx provided reasonable suspicion, to our opinion, that this microorganism is responsible for the spondylodiscitis.

Source: The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

DOI: 10.1097/inf.0b013e3182a6df50

Authors: Dimitri Ceroni, Wilson Belaieff, Akatarina Kanavaki, Rebecca Anderson Della Llana, Pierre Lascombes, Victor Dubois-Ferriere, Romain Dayer

Institutions: University Hospital of Geneva, Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Nancy, Développement, Adaptation et Handicap, Université de Lorraine

Language: English

Topic: Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2051721789

FWCI: 2.379

Cites: 15

Cited by: 49

Related to: 10