Furthermore, the identification of gram-negative cocci bacteria on plate 11 suggests the presence of genera Neisseria, Moraxella, or
Kingella, which are causative agents for meningitis, sinusitis, and bronchopneumonia, and can be transmitted by genital-to-hand contamination (Wenzler et al., 2016; Zapka et al., 2011).
Kingella endocarditis after closure of ventricular septal defect with a transcatheter device.
A JAMA Oncology report entitled, Association of Oral Microbiome with Risk for Incident Head and Neck Squamous Cell Cancer published in January, 2017 showed a "greater oral abundance of commensal Corynebacterium and
Kingella is associated with decreased risk of HNSCC (Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma), with potential implications for cancer prevention." (6)
In the Pediatric Rheumatology Unit of our tertiary care hospital, oral treatment is offered to children diagnosed with osteoarticular infection (OAI), acute hematogenous osteomyelitis (OM), and septic arthritis (SA) and with suspected
Kingella kingae (K.
As causes of epiphyseal osteomyelitis other than Mycobacterium species,
Kingella kingae, a Gram-negative bacterium, is the leading cause of bone and joint infections in early childhood [4,7].
Now, scientists are able to do a better job of identifying the germs that cause the infections, including the one that's the focus of the new study --
Kingella kingae.
Kingella kingae is a facultative anaerobic, nonmotile, and fastidious [beta]-hemolytic Gram-negative coccobacilli.
Aggregatibacter aphrophilus (formerly Haemophilus aphrophilus) is an aerobic gram-negative coccobacillus that belongs to the HACEK (Haemophilus aphrophilus/paraphrophilus, Actino bacillus actinomycetem comitans, Cardiobacterium hominis, Eikenella corrodens and
Kingella spp.) group.
(2) Rare causes of infective endocarditis are Gram-negative organisms, including the HACEK group: Haemophilus species, Aggregatibacter (previously Actinobacillus) species, Cardiobacterium hominus, Eikenella corrodens, and
Kingella species.
Various bacilli, the HACEK group of organisms (Haemophilus, Actinobacillus, Cardiobacterium, Eikenella and
Kingella spp.) and fungi are rare.
Weaver, "Infections caused by Moraxella, Moraxella urethralis, Moraxella-like groups M-5 and M-6, and
Kingella kingae in the United States, 1953-1980," Reviews of Infectious Diseases, vol.
