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Kingella kingae intervertebral disk infection.

J Amir1, P G Shockelford

  • 1Edward Mallinckrodt Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|May 1, 1991
PubMed
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Kingella kingae is an uncommon cause of disk inflammation in children, a condition usually attributed to Staphylococcus aureus. This study details a case and reviews 11 others, highlighting K. kingae as a pathogen in pediatric vertebral osteomyelitis.

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Area of Science:

  • Pediatric infectious diseases
  • Microbiology
  • Orthopedic infections

Background:

  • Disk inflammation (vertebral osteomyelitis) in children is typically caused by bacterial infection.
  • Staphylococcus aureus is the most frequently identified pathogen in pediatric disk infections.
  • The spectrum of causative agents for pediatric disk infections is not fully defined.