Seña AC, Seed P, Nicholson B, Joyce M, Cunningham CK
KINGELLA KINGAE ENDOCARDITIS AND A CLUSTER INVESTIGATION AMONG DAYCARE ATTENDEES. [JOURNAL ARTICLE]
Pediatr Infect Dis J 2009 Oct 30.
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.
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