Two atypical cases of Kingella kingae invasive infection with concomitant human rhinovirus infection.

نویسندگان

  • Romain Basmaci
  • Brice Ilharreborde
  • Catherine Doit
  • Ana Presedo
  • Mathie Lorrot
  • Marianne Alison
  • Keyvan Mazda
  • Philippe Bidet
  • Stéphane Bonacorsi
چکیده

We describe two atypical cases of Kingella kingae infection in children diagnosed by PCR, one case involving a soft tissue abscess and one case a femoral Brodie abscess. Both patients had concomitant human rhinovirus infection. K. kingae strains, isolated from an oropharyngeal swab, were characterized by multilocus sequence typing and rtxA sequencing.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of clinical microbiology

دوره 51 9  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2013