Kingella kingae: An Unlikely Cause of Meningitis

Madalena Almeida Borges; Sara Silva; Raquel Ferreira; Catarina Martins; Paulo Paixão; Vitória Rodrigues; João Farela Neves

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Kingella kingae: An Unlikely Cause of Meningitis

Madalena Almeida Borges, Sara Silva, Raquel Ferreira, Catarina Martins, Paulo Paixão, Vitória Rodrigues, João Farela Neves

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Kingella kingae is the leading cause of osteoarticular infections between 6 and 48 months, a well-known cause of pediatric bacteremia and endocarditis and has been rarely associated with meningitis. We report a case of a healthy 10-year-old boy with meningitis due to Kingella kingae who presented with a history of severe headache, vomiting and prostration.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	E247-E249
Number of pages	3
Journal	The Pediatric infectious disease journal
Volume	40
Issue number	6
Early online date	2 Mar 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000003112
Publication status	Published - Jun 2021

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