Kingella kingae: An Unlikely Cause of Meningitis

• Autor(es): Almeida Borges, M ; Silva, S ; Ferreira, R ; Martins, C ; Paixão, P ; Rodrigues, V ; Farela Neves, J
• Data: 2021
• Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.17/4792
• Origem: Repositório do Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, EPE
• Assunto(s): Acute Disease; Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use; Child; Healthy Volunteers; Humans; Kingella kingae / pathogenicity*; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Meningitis, Bacterial / diagnostic imaging*; Meningitis, Bacterial / drug therapy; Meningitis, Bacterial / microbiology; Neisseriaceae Infections / complications; Neisseriaceae Infections / diagnosis*; Treatment Outcome; HDE PED
• Tipo de Documento: Artigo científico
• Idioma: Inglês
• Contribuidor(es): Repositório da Unidade Local de Saúde São José

Descrição

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.