infectious diseases
Kingella Infections
Diseases Caused byKingella
Themost common manifestationsofK. kingaedisease are Skeletal infections ( Acute Infectious Arthritis , Infective Endocarditis None Bacteremia None Rare manifestations include pneumonia, epiglottitis, meningitis, abscesses, and ocular infections. The most common skeletal infection is septic arthritis, which most frequently affects large, weight-bearing joints, especially the knee and ankle. Osteomyelitis most frequently involves bones of the lower extremities. Onset is insidious, and diagnosis is often delayed. Hematogenous invasion of intervertebral disks (spondylodiscitis) can occur, most commonly in the lumbar intervertebral spaces. is a component of the so-called HACEK Infections group ( Diagnosis ofKingellainfections requires laboratory isolation from fluids or tissues thought to be infected. 