Acute Septic Arthritis of the Knee Caused by Kingella kingae in a 5-Year-Old Cameroonian Boy

• Main Authors: Nawal El Houmami (Author), Dimitri Ceroni (Author), Karine Codjo Seignon (Author), Jean-Christophe Pons (Author), Cédric Lambert (Author), Guillaume André Durand (Author), Philippe Minodier (Author), Léopold Lamah (Author), Philippe Bidet (Author), Jacques Schrenzel (Author), Didier Raoult (Author), Pierre-Edouard Fournier (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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Kingella kingae is an important cause of invasive infections in young children from Western countries. Although increasing reports indicate that this organism is the leading agent of bone and joint infections in early childhood, data on K. kingae infections from resource-limited settings are scarce,...