Osteomyelitis

Clinicians should consider Kingella kingae in children with bone infections

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, April 18th, 2004

Two reports appearing the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report indicate that clinicians and laboratorians must consider Kingella kingae in young children with bone or joint infections so that proper laboratory procedures can be done.

K. kingae is a bacterium that children sometimes carry in their throats that rarely causes serious infections. In October 2003, the Minnesota Department of Health investigated two culture-confirmed and one probable case of bone/joint infections caused by K. kingae.

The three children were in the same toddler classroom in a day care...

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Source: Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA (2004-04-18)

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