Kingella kingae endocarditis in a sixteen-month-old-child

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2001 Apr;20(4):454-5. doi: 10.1097/00006454-200104000-00020.

Abstract

We report the case of a child with acute neurologic symptoms who was found to have bacterial endocarditis caused by Kingella kingae. The case alerts microbiologists and pediatricians to an organism that has rarely been reported to cause endocarditis in children.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnosis*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Kingella kingae*
  • Neisseriaceae Infections / diagnosis*