The role of Kingella kingae in pre-school aged children with bone and joint infections

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The role of Kingella kingae in pre-school aged children with bone and joint infections

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University of Otago

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Otago University Research Archive

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•Osteoarticular infections in children under 5 years old are often culture negative.•The peak incidence of osteoarticular infections was between 12 and 24 months of age.•In this age group K. kingae was the most prevalent pathogen.•Many culture-negative cases may be missed cases of Kingella infection.•Routine PCR testing of samples is likely to increase Kingella detection rates. The Pre-school Osteoarticular Infection (POI) study aimed to describe the burden of disease, epidemiology, microbiol...

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Article

Date created

2021-09

Creator

Olijve, Laudi / Amarasena, Lahiru / Best, Emma / Blyth, Christopher / van den Boom, Mirjam / Bowen, Asha / Bryant, Penelope A. / Buttery, Jim / Dobinson, Hazel C. / Davis, Joshua / Francis, Joshua / Goldsmith, Heidi / Griffiths, Elle / Hung, Te-Yu / Huynh, Julie / Kesson, Alison / Meehan, Andrea / McMullan, Brendan / Nourse, Clare / Palasanthiran, Pamela / Penumarthy, Rushi / Pilkington, Katie / Searle, Janine / Stephenson, Anya / Webb, Rachel / Williman, Jonathan / Walls, Tony

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https://hdl.handle.net/10523/20072

Related subjects

Child / Infections / Kingella kingae / Osteomyelitis / Septic arthritis

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