kingella kingae infectious arthritis: case report and review of literature of kingella and moraxella infections

✍ Scribed by Nirupa J. Patel; Terry L. Moore; Terry D. Weiss; Jack Zuckner

• Book ID: 101647000
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1983
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 243 KB
• Volume: 26
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0004-3591
• DOI: 10.1002/art.1780260417

✦ Synopsis

Kingella and Moraxella organisms are gram negative coccobacilli that have rarely been the cause of infectious arthritis. Only 5 cases have been reported (1-5). These have all been due to either the Kingella kingae species or the Moruxella osloensis species. All cases have been characterized by an indolent clinical course without bony involvement. Three were in children (1-3) and 2 in adults (43). Clinical differentiation from noninfectious inflammatory arthritides has been difficult because of the absence of an acute severe onset typical of most infections in joints. Specific antibiotic therapy has resulted in slow but progressive improvement.

Here we report an additional case of infectious arthritis due to Kingella kingae. Related literature is also reviewed.

Case report. An 18-month-old girl was admitted to Cardinal Glennon Memorial Hospital for Children with a 3-day history of progressive limping on the left From the Division of Rheumatology ,