一个15个月大的孩子的中心门修复,金格拉王内心炎内心炎
Matthew D McGee1, Sunni A Coyne1, Renish N Contractor2
1Pediatrics, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Bradenton, USA.
Cureus
|August 2, 2024
概括
基尼格拉王内心炎在儿童中很罕见,但严重. 通过血液培养和成像进行早期诊断对于及时治疗和预防并发症至关重要.
科学领域:
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
- 儿童心脏病学 儿童心脏病学
- 微生物学 微生物学
背景情况:
- 金格拉王是一种HACEK生物体,通常在口腔喉中发现.
- 虽然很少见,金氏菌可导致传染性内心炎,特别是在幼儿中.
- 这个案例突出了一个以前健康的15个月大的男性,患有Kingella kingae内心炎.
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