KINGELLA KINGAE ENDOCARDITIS AND A CLUSTER INVESTIGATION AMONG DAYCARE ATTENDEES

Kingella kingae can cause invasive pediatric infections and outbreaks of osteomyelitis/septic arthritis in daycare facilities have been described. This is the first reported public health investigation prompted by a case of K. kingae endocarditis in an infant attending a daycare facility. A concurre...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Pediatric infectious disease journal 2010, Vol.29 (1), p.86-88
Hauptverfasser:	SENA, Arlene C, SEED, Patrick, NICHOLSON, Brad, JOYCE, Maria, CUNNINGHAM, Coleen K
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bacterial arthritis and osteitis Bacterial diseases Biological and medical sciences Cardiology. Vascular system Carrier State - microbiology Child Child Day Care Centers Child, Preschool Cluster Analysis Endocardial and cardiac valvular diseases Endocarditis, Bacterial - epidemiology Endocarditis, Bacterial - microbiology Female Heart Human bacterial diseases Humans Infant Infectious diseases Kingella kingae - isolation & purification Male Medical sciences Neisseriaceae Infections - epidemiology Neisseriaceae Infections - microbiology Osteomyelitis - microbiology
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Zusammenfassung:	Kingella kingae can cause invasive pediatric infections and outbreaks of osteomyelitis/septic arthritis in daycare facilities have been described. This is the first reported public health investigation prompted by a case of K. kingae endocarditis in an infant attending a daycare facility. A concurrent case of osteomyelitis was identified. Screening of daycare contacts revealed a low rate of colonization before antibiotic prophylaxis.
ISSN:	0891-3668 1532-0987
DOI:	10.1097/INF.0b013e3181b48cc3