Bacterial Peritonitis Caused by Kingella kingae

Bacterial Peritonitis Caused by Kingella kingae

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 p...

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Published in:Journal of Clinical Microbiology Vol. 45; no. 9; pp. 3118 - 3120
Main Authors: Bofinger, Jason J, Fekete, Thomas, Samuel, Rafik
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC American Society for Microbiology 01-09-2007
Subjects:
Ascites - complications
Bacteria
Bacteriology
Biological and medical sciences
Case Reports
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Kingella kingae
Kingella kingae - isolation & purification
Liver Diseases - complications
Male
Microbiology
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
Paracentesis - adverse effects
Peritonitis - microbiology
Infection
Abdominal disease
Neisseriaceae
Bacteriosis
Micrococcales
Bacteria
Kingella kingae
Peritonitis
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Summary: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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Corresponding author. Mailing address: Temple University Hospital, Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, 500 Parkinson Pavilion, 3401 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, PA 19140. Phone: (215) 707-3807. Fax: (215) 707-4414. E-mail: samuelr@tuhs.temple.edu
ISSN:0095-1137
1098-660X
1098-5530
DOI:10.1128/JCM.00878-07