Enhanced culture detection of Kingella kingae, a pathogen of increasing clinical importance in pediatrics

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 886-888

  Gené, Amadeu ^a,c   García García, Juan José ^a   Sala, Pere ^b   Sierra, Montse ^b   Huguet, Ramon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Children; Kingella kingae; Osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KINGELLA KINGAE; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KINGELLA KINGAE; MALE; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTIONS; OSTEOMYELITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 6344252857     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000137591.76624.82     Document Type: Article

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