Bacterial peritonitis caused by Kingella kingae.
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Kingella kingae is a commensal of the upper respiratory tract that occasionally causes skeletal infections in children and endocarditis in children and adults. We report a case of a 55-year-old man with liver disease and tense ascites who performed a paracentesis on himself and developed K. kingae peritonitis and bacteremia.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of clinical microbiology
دوره 45 9 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007