Kingella kingae: An Unlikely Cause of Meningitis

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2021 Jun 1;40(6):e247-e249. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003112.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • 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

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents