Outbreak of Kingella kingae skeletal system infections in children in daycare

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 526-532

  Yagupsky, Pablo ^a   Erlich, Yifat ^a,b   Ariela, Slonim ^a   Trefler, Ronit ^a   Porat, Nurith ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

Author keywords

Daycare centers; Kingella kingae; Osteomyelitis; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; KINGELLA KINGAE; MALE; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTION; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 33744984807     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000215243.42501.4f     Document Type: Article

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