AAP News Vol. 13 No. 9 September 1997, p. 2
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Knigella kingae

Stefanie Dell' Aringa

While haemophilus influenzae is on its way out, kingella kingae appears to have taken its place as a common cause of osteoarticular infections, according to researchers at Scottish Rite Children's Medical Center in Atlanta.

Kingella kingae, a rare cause of pediatric musculoskeletal infections, has been identified as a pathogen in cases of juvenile meningitis and endocarditis, researchers stated. In a study of pediatric patients with septic arthritis or acute or subacute osteomyelitis, researchers found:

• 23 percent of septic arthritis cases showed kingella kingae as an identified isolated organism;

• 10 percent of acute or subacute osteomyelitis cases were caused by it;

• average age of infection was 16.3 months; and

• children's chief complaint regarding kingella kingae was related to affected extremities. (Of 10 patients, seven presented with septic arthritis, two with osteomyelitis and one with both).