Recurrent Acute Septic Arthritis Caused by Kingella kingae in a 16-Month-Old Boy

Anais Chosidow; Stéphane Bonacorsi; Didier Moissenet; Philippe Bidet; Aurélie Schnuriger; Emmanuel Grimprel; Raphael Vialle; Mathie Lorrot

doi:10.1097/INF.0000000000002375

Recurrent Acute Septic Arthritis Caused by Kingella kingae in a 16-Month-Old Boy

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2019 Oct;38(10):e270-e271. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002375.

Authors

Anais Chosidow¹, Stéphane Bonacorsi², Didier Moissenet³, Philippe Bidet², Aurélie Schnuriger⁴, Emmanuel Grimprel¹, Raphael Vialle⁵, Mathie Lorrot¹

Affiliations

¹ From the Department of Pediatrics, Armand Trousseau Hospital (AP-HP), Paris, France.
² Department of Microbiology, Robert Debre Hospital (AP-HP), Paris, France.
³ Department of Microbiology, Saint Antoine Hospital (AP-HP), Paris, France.
⁴ Department of Virology, Armand Trousseau Hospital (AP-HP), Paris, France.
⁵ Department for Innovative Therapies in Musculoskeletal Diseases, The MAMUTH Hospital-University, Armand Trousseau Hospital (AP-HP), Paris, France.

PMID: 31232893
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002375

Abstract

We describe the first case of 2 consecutive acute septic arthritis infections of both knees caused by the same virulent strain of Kingella kingae belonging to the virulent sequence type complex 14, in a 16-month-old boy. Both infections occurred after viral upper respiratory tract infections.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Arthritis, Infectious / diagnosis*
Arthritis, Infectious / pathology*
Humans
Infant
Kingella kingae / classification
Kingella kingae / genetics
Kingella kingae / isolation & purification*
Knee Joint / pathology*
Male
Neisseriaceae Infections / diagnosis*
Neisseriaceae Infections / pathology*
Recurrence
Respiratory Tract Infections / complications
Virus Diseases / complications