| density gradient centrifugation in urografin of moraxella and kingella cells and appendages. | purification of fimbriae (pili) by density gradient banding in urografin medium was attempted. moraxella nonliquefaciens and kingella kingae fimbriae were of higher density than their cells of origin, but fimbrial fractions obtained by homogenization and differential centrifugation still banded together with presumed outer membrane fragments and some whole cells in urografin gradients. the cellular density of genetic variants with different fimbriation/competence levels was also studied. for one ... | 1978 | 358743 |
| oxidase positive rods from cases of suspected gonorrhoea. a comparison of conventional, gas chromatographic and genetic methods of identification. | genito-urethral specimens from 3260 women and 1170 men, with ailments suggestive of gonorrhoea, were examined for growth of oxidase positive rodshaped bacteria, as well as of gonococci. moraxella osloensis was identified in 26 cases (0.64 per cent of women and 0.43 per cent of men). three patients harboured phenylalanine negative (or weakly reacting) and tryptophan deaminase negative m. phenylpyrouvica and, in three cases, a flavobacterium species was detected. among six oropharyngeal specimens ... | 1977 | 402788 |
| relationship of neisseria elongata subsp. glycolytica to other members of the family neisseriaceae. | neisseria elongata subsp. glycolytica strain 6171/75 is closely similar to the type strain of n. elongata, m2, as regards dna base composition, fatty acid content and electrophoretic mobility of two glutamate dehydrogenases, one of which showed a reaction of identity with the corresponding enzyme from m2 in double immunodiffusion in agar. the strain showed genetic homologies with strain m2 in genetic transformation at a level suggesting species identity, and with n. meningitidis at a lower level ... | 1977 | 842351 |
| occurrence and patterns of waxes in neisseriaceae. | forty-five strains classified in the family neisseriaceae were analysed for wax esters by gas-liquid chromatography. the amounts and types of waxes varied between the taxa. waxes were not detected in 16 strains of 'true neisseriae' (genus neisseria) or in two strains of kingella, but they were found in all 'false neisseriae', in all species of moraxella except moraxella phenylpyrouvica, in five out of 10 strains of acintobacter, and in all strains of a group of psychrophilic, oxidase-positive or ... | 1977 | 915475 |
| kingella kingae, a rare cause of bacterial meningitis. | a male adolescent with a history of pharyngitis developed meningitis due to kingella kingae. this is a gram-negative coccobacillus belonging to the family of neisseriaceae. it is a rarely reported human pathogen, from which only 2 cases of meningitis have been described up to the present day. our patient developed ophthalmoplegia, suggestive of basal meningitis. he was treated with penicillin g and recovered completely. | 1992 | 1324818 |
| identification of type 4 pili in kingella denitrificans. | kingella denitrificans is an occasionally pathogenic member of the family neisseriaceae and is a member of the normal respiratory flora. electron microscopy, colony morphology types, dna transformation patterns, and immunoblots suggest that k. denitrificans and k. kingae have type 4 pili. this was confirmed by n-terminal amino acid sequencing for k. denitrificans. | 1992 | 1353484 |
| isolation of kingella kingae from a corneal ulcer. | kingella kingae was isolated from a corneal ulcer in an 11-month-old male. this organism has been previously reported from normally sterile sites, including sites of endophthalmitis, but this is the first time isolation from the cornea has been reported. | 1992 | 1401031 |
| kingella denitrificans as a cause of granulomatous disease in a patient with aids. | | 1992 | 1457643 |
| kingella kingae intervertebral diskitis in an adult. | kingella kingae rarely causes infection and is mainly associated with endocarditis and septic arthritis in adults. the organism is also capable of causing intervertebral diskitis in children, but thus far, no reports of this infection occurring in adults have been published. a case of diskitis due to k. kingae in an adult is reported for the first time, and the literature on this infection in children is reviewed. | 1992 | 1520804 |
| kingella kingae infection in children. | | 1992 | 1565566 |
| high prevalence of kingella kingae in joint fluid from children with septic arthritis revealed by the bactec blood culture system. | in an effort to improve detection of fastidious organisms, joint fluid aspirates of pediatric patients were inoculated into bactec 460 aerobic blood culture bottles, in addition to cultures on solid media. culture records for the 1988 to 1991 period were reviewed to compare the performance of both methods for the recovery of pathogens. overall, 216 children underwent a diagnostic joint tap, and 63 specimens grew significant organisms, including kingella kingae in 14. while both methods were comp ... | 1992 | 1583131 |
| isolation of kingella denitrificans from amniotic fluid in a woman with chorioamnionitis. a case report. | kingella denitrificans and streptococcus agalactiae were isolated from the amniotic fluid of a woman with chorioamnionitis. she was treated with intravenous ampicillin/sulbactam, with a good response. | 1991 | 1774736 |
| application of quadferm+ for the identification of fastidious gram-positive and gram-negative bacilli. | the 2-hr quadferm+ kit (qf) (analytab products, plainview, ny) was compared with conventional tube tests for the identification of the hacek bacteria (haemophilus aphrophilus, actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, cardiobacterium hominis, eikenella corrodens, kingella kingae), other haemophilus and kingella spp., capnocytophaga, corynbacterium, and moraxella spp. test results were identical for 296 comparisons with 74 isolates (74%). in the remaining 104 comparisons for 26 isolates, 50 reactions ... | 1991 | 1873978 |
| kingella kingae meningitis in an infant. | | 1991 | 1885909 |
| osteoarticular infections due to kingella kingae in children. | by the description of two cases of osteoarticular infections due to kingella kingae in two young children we wish to draw the attention of clinicians to invasive infections due to this micro-organism. since its biological characterization in 1976, k. kingae has been increasingly reported as a human pathogen. most common presentations are endocarditis, bacteraemia, septic arthritis, osteomyelitis and spondylodiscitis. interestingly, osteorticular involvement is largely predominant in previously h ... | 1991 | 1915510 |
| kingella kingae infection in children: ten cases and a review of the literature. | | 1991 | 1923682 |
| kingella kingae endophthalmitis in an infant. | an 11-month-old girl presented with metastatic endophthalmitis. the causative organism was the gram-negative coccobacillus kingella kingae. this is an uncommon organism first recognised in 1967. it has never been previously reported to cause endophthalmitis, but is associated with at least four other infective syndromes in children. endophthalmitis is a potentially lethal and sight-threatening disease. kingella kingae is primarily a paediatric pathogen which fortunately responds well to antibiot ... | 1991 | 1958367 |
| kingella kingae dactylitis in an infant. | | 1991 | 2002223 |
| kingella kingae intervertebral disk infection. | disk inflammation in children is believed to result from infection, and staphylococcus aureus is reported to be the organism most commonly isolated from cases of intervertebral disk infection. a case of disk inflammation caused by the unusual pathogen kingella kingae is described. the antibiotic susceptibility of other k. kingae isolates and the clinical features of 11 other previously reported cases of disk infection caused by this microorganism are reviewed. | 1991 | 2056049 |
| transfer of kingella indologenes (snell and lapage 1976) to the genus suttonella gen. nov. as suttonella indologenes comb. nov.; transfer of bacteroides nodosus (beveridge 1941) to the genus dichelobacter gen. nov. as dichelobacter nodosus comb. nov.; and assignment of the genera cardiobacterium, dichelobacter, and suttonella to cardiobacteriaceae fam. nov. in the gamma division of proteobacteria on the basis of 16s rrna sequence comparisons. | the 16s rrna sequences of kingella indologenes, cardiobacterium hominis, and bacteroides nodosus were determined by direct rna sequencing, using a modified sanger method. sequence comparisons indicated that these three species represent a novel family in the gamma division of proteobacteria. on the basis of these data, k. indologenes and b. nodosus cannot retain their current generic status as they are not closely related to other members of their assigned genera. therefore, we propose transfer ... | 1990 | 2275858 |
| neisseria elongata subsp. nitroreducens subsp. nov., formerly cdc group m-6, a gram-negative bacterium associated with endocarditis. | cdc group m-6 is the vernacular name given to a gram-negative, oxidase-positive, aerobic, nonmotile, rod-shaped bacterium. this organism is biochemically similar to kingella denitrificans and displays a cellular fatty acid profile consistent with cdc groups m-5 and ef-4 and with neisseria elongata. of the 95 m-6 strains referred to the centers for disease control (cdc) for identification, 32 (64%) of the first 50 were from the throat or sputum and only 3 (6%) were from blood; only 5 (11%) of the ... | 1990 | 2279987 |
| polymicrobic septic arthritis caused by kingella kingae and enterococcus. | | 1990 | 2308886 |
| [cervical spondylodiscitis caused by kingella kingae. apropos of a case]. | we report a new case of spondylodiscitis due to kingella kingae in a 19-month-old infant who had torticollis as the first manifestation. the main characteristics of kingella kingae infections are reviewed: frequency of ent and joint localizations, slow course, difficult clinical and bacteriological diagnosis, and satisfactory susceptibility to antimicrobial agents. | 1990 | 2350142 |
| infections caused by moraxella, moraxella urethralis, moraxella-like groups m-5 and m-6, and kingella kingae in the united states, 1953-1980. | from 1953 to 1980 the centers for disease control received 933 isolates of bacteria belonging to species of the genus moraxella, moraxella-like moraxella urethralis, now renamed oligella urethralis, unnamed groups m-5 and m-6, and kingella kingae. ordinarily sterile sites were the source of 233 isolates. moraxella nonliquefaciens, the most common isolate (356 strains), was recovered from upper respiratory or ocular sites in 208 (58%) of the cases. moraxella osloensis was next most common (199 st ... | 1990 | 2359906 |
| b.cat confirm, a rapid test for confirmation of branhamella catarrhalis. | b.cat confirm (scott laboratories, inc., fiskeville, r.i.), a rapid test for detection of tributyrin hydrolysis, was evaluated for its ability to identify strains of branhamella catarrhalis and to differentiate them from neisseria species and related species. on initial testing, b.cat confirm was positive for 65 (96%) of 68 b. catarrhalis strains within 30 min after inoculation. retesting of the remaining three strains resulted in their correct identification. b.cat confirm was negative for all ... | 1989 | 2501344 |
| identification of neisseria spp., haemophilus spp., and other fastidious gram-negative bacteria with the microscan haemophilus-neisseria identification panel. | the haemophilus-neisseria identification (hnid) panel (american microscan, sacramento, calif.) is a 4-h microdilution format system for identification of haemophilus and neisseria spp., branhamella (moraxella) catarrhalis, and gardnerella vaginalis. the hnid panel was evaluated by using 423 clinical isolates and stock strains of these organisms, and hnid identifications were compared with those obtained by conventional methods. in addition, 32 isolates representing six genera not included in the ... | 1989 | 2501351 |
| [the isolation of kingella kingae by hemoculture must always suggest the diagnosis of endocarditis]. | | 1989 | 2529496 |
| [kingella denitrificans endocarditis on an aortic valve prosthesis]. | kingella denitrificans is a gram-negative bacillus which does not grow readily on the usual media. this organism, normally a commensal of the upper airways, may exceptionally be responsible for endocarditis. we report here the sixth case known in the literature. cure was obtained with an intravenous combination of vancomycin and rifampicin. | 1989 | 2530514 |
| kingella kingae endocarditis in a patient with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. | | 1989 | 2603424 |
| clinical manifestations of kingella kingae infections: case report and review. | a patient with antecedent coccidioidal pulmonary cavitary disease who developed an empyema due to kingella kingae prompted our analysis of the literature regarding this unusual bacterial pathogen. formerly classified among other genera and considered a nonpathogen, k. kingae has been increasingly recognized as a cause of human infection. while the most commonly diagnosed infections due to this organism are endocarditis and septic arthritis, there have also been isolated reports of bacteremia, di ... | 1989 | 2682950 |
| [kingella kingae osteomyelitis]. | a case of kingella kingae osteomyelitis characterized by an early onset of cellulitis, positive blood culture and negative bone scintigraphy is reported. exclusive of vertebral involvement, eleven cases have been described in the pediatric literature. the bacterial nature of this disorder may prove hard to demonstrate since fever, leucocytosis, and increased crp levels are inconstant. the difficulties of isolation and growth of kingella kingae as well as its likely resistance to antistaphylococc ... | 1989 | 2688590 |
| differentiation of some species of neisseriaceae and other bacterial groups by dna-dna hybridization. | dna-dna hybridization using total genomic dna probes may represent a way of differentiating between miscellaneous bacterial species. this was studied with type and reference strains of 20 species in moraxella, kingella, and other selected gram-negative groups. both radioactive and biotin labelling were employed. most of the species examined were easily distinguished, such as moraxella (branhamella) catarrhalis, m.(b.) ovis, m. atlantae, m. phenylpyruvica, m. osloensis, neisseria elongata, n. men ... | 1989 | 2730785 |
| identification of eikenella corrodens and cardiobacterium hominis by genetic transformation. | genetic transformation was employed to attain exact identification of eikenella corrodens and cardiobacterium hominis. the two species appeared both homogeneous and without genetic affinity to each other or to species of kingella, neisseria, and moraxella, as tested for by rather sensitive procedures with streptomycin- and spectinomycin-resistance markers. | 1985 | 2939687 |
| cellular fatty acid composition of kingella species, cardiobacterium hominis, and eikenella corrodens. | we determined the cellular fatty acid composition of reference strains and clinical isolates of each of the three kingella species, cardiobacterium hominis, and eikenella corrodens by using capillary gas chromatography. kingella denitrificans and kingella kingae contained myristic (14:0) and palmitic (16:0) acids as major acids, whereas cis-vaccenic (18:1 omega 7c) and palmitic acids were the major acids in kingella indologenes, c. hominis, and e. corrodens. c. hominis differed from the other fo ... | 1988 | 3049663 |
| bone and joint infections caused by kingella kingae: six cases and review of the literature. | six cases of kingella kingae arthritis, osteomyelitis, and diskitis were studied, and data were reviewed from an additional 23 cases in the english-language literature. k. kingae is a slow-growing, fastidious, gram-negative microorganism that colonizes mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract. infections were predominantly seen in infants and young children (86% of cases) and were preceded by an upper respiratory tract infection in 31% of patients. low-grade fever (38 degrees c-39 degrees ... | 1988 | 3055196 |
| [infective endocarditis due to kingella kingae in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus]. | | 1987 | 3130447 |
| host range of the conjugative 25.2-megadalton tetracycline resistance plasmid from neisseria gonorrhoeae and related species. | high-level tetracycline resistance in strains of neisseria gonorrhoeae, neisseria meningitidis, kingella denitrificans, and eikenella corrodens has recently been described. the resistance in each species is due to the acquisition of 25.2-megadalton conjugative plasmids that carry the tetracycline resistance determinant tetm. we examined the ability of commensal neisseria species to serve as recipients in conjugation for these new plasmids. most of the recipients (n = 21) tested had detectable co ... | 1988 | 3132092 |
| kingella kingae osteomyelitis: report of two cases involving the epiphysis. | | 1988 | 3134646 |
| high-level tetracycline resistance resulting from tetm in strains of neisseria spp., kingella denitrificans, and eikenella corrodens. | similar to neisseria gonorrhoeae, tetracycline-resistant isolates of n. meningitidis, kingella denitrificans, and eikenella corrodens contained 25.2-megadalton plasmids carrying the tetm determinant. in contrast, tetracycline-resistant n. subflava biovar perflava-n. sicca and n. mucosa isolates carried the tetm determinant in the chromosome. | 1988 | 3134850 |
| endocarditis due to kingella species. | | 1988 | 3187317 |
| kingella kingae bacteremia and adult epiglottitis in a granulocytopenic host. | | 1988 | 3189372 |
| empyema caused by kingella denitrificans and peptostreptococcus spp. in a patient with bronchogenic carcinoma. | empyema caused by kingella denitrificans and peptostreptococcus spp. was diagnosed in a patient with bronchogenic carcinoma. this appears to be the third report providing evidence of a pathogenic role for k. denitrificans, and the first concerning infection in the pleural space and in a patient with underlying immunosuppressive disease. k. denitrificans should be added to the list of fastidious gram-negative bacteria associated with opportunistic infections in the compromised host. | 1988 | 3229487 |
| kingella kingae infection in healthy children. | kingella kingae is a gram-negative occasional, but normal, inhabitant of the nasopharynx. we present two new cases of this infection that occurred in previously healthy children, and compare and contrast them to other cases reported in the literature. k. kingae osteomyelitis generally has an insidious, subacute onset, whereas septic arthritis has an acute presentation. to date, all strains of k. kingae have been sensitive to penicillin, and no residual damage has been reported following osteomye ... | 1988 | 3292580 |
| kingella kingae endocarditis: report of a case and review of the literature. | | 1987 | 3308781 |
| endocarditis caused by kingella indologenes. | the first known case of endocarditis caused by kingella indologenes is reported. a review of the literature reveals only seven cases of endocarditis caused by the other two species of the genus kingella (kingella kingae, six cases; kingella denitrificens, one case). kingella organisms appear to be sensitive to a wide variety of antimicrobial agents. the available data suggest that endocarditis caused by kingella species occurs rarely and is associated with a benign clinical course. | 1987 | 3326125 |
| kingella kingae osteoarthritis and osteomyelitis in children. | kingella kingae is still a poorly understood germ which is responsible for osteoarticular infections. we observed nine cases of osteoarthritis involving k. kingae in children. they included 4 cases of arthritis, 2 of osteomyelitis, and 3 of spondylodiscitis. the germ was cultured in all cases by direct surgical approach or by needle aspiration of the septic locus. evolution was always good after immobilization and nonspecific antibiotherapy. our nine clinical cases, along with the few cases alre ... | 1988 | 3335623 |
| osteomyelitis due to kingella kingae infection. | a case of osteomyelitis due to kingella kingae is presented to illustrate the insidious onset and indolent course typical of bone infections caused by this organism. the frequently negative result obtained with gram's stain and the fastidious nature of the organism makes diagnosis difficult. initial therapy with an aminopenicillin such as ampicillin in addition to antimicrobial drugs for staphylococcus aureus should be effective in resolving bone and joint infections in children. | 1988 | 3337967 |
| spondylitis and osteomyelitis caused by kingella kingae in children. | two cases of documented osteoarticular infections caused by kingella kingae in children are reported. the main bacteriological characteristics and antibiotic susceptibilities of these two isolates are described. the pathology of k. kingae, particularly in bones and joints, is reviewed. | 1987 | 3429633 |
| [sensitivity of kingella kingae to antibiotics]. | kingella kingae is a small gram negative rod of the neisseriaceae family, formerly called moraxella kingae. this microorganism is found occasionally in the oral cavity and is capable of causing infections. we report three cases of septic arthritis in children due to k. kingae. in vitro susceptibility of the recovered strains was tested using determination of mics in agar. the strains were susceptible to penicillin, ampicillin, ticarcillin, cephalothin, cefotaxime, gentamicin, chloramphenicol, te ... | 1986 | 3534752 |
| clinical evaluation of the vitek neisseria-haemophilus identification card. | a clinical evaluation of the vitek neisseria-haemophilus identification (nhi) card (vitek systems, inc., hazelwood, mo.) was performed with 480 clinical isolates and stock strains of neisseria spp., haemophilus spp., and other fastidious microorganisms included in the data base of the system. identifications obtained with the nhi card were compared with those determined by conventional methods. the card identified 83.2% of 244 neisseria spp. and branhamella catarrhalis, 54.9% of 164 haemophilus ... | 1987 | 3539996 |
| imipenem and cilastatin in acute osteomyelitis and suppurative arthritis. therapy in infants and children. | twenty-five infants and children with acute osteomyelitis (n = 7), suppurative arthritis (n = 11), or both (n = 7) were treated with imipenem and cilastatin sodium. patients ranged in age from 5 months to 11.3 years. needle aspiration of infected sites was performed in all patients, and 11 (44%) required further surgical drainage. imipenem and cilastatin sodium in a dosage of 100 mg/kg/d was used for children 3 years of age or younger, while older ones received 60 mg/kg/d intravenously, divided ... | 1987 | 3544811 |
| use of intravenous ciprofloxacin in difficult-to-treat infections. | intravenous ciprofloxacin was administered to 54 patients who were either critically ill or in whom oral administration was not possible. the 31 males and 23 females ranged in age from 20 to 89 years (mean, 53.2 +/- 17.8 years). patients had "difficult-to-treat" infections, i.e., respiratory infections (15), abscesses (four intraabdominal, three lung, two soft tissue, and one intrahepatic), deep soft tissue infections (10), chronic post-traumatic osteomyelitis in exacerbation (nine), upper urina ... | 1987 | 3555059 |
| [osteoarthritis due to kingella kingae. apropos of 4 cases]. | the authors describe for cases of osteoarthritis with kingella kingae, among children. this gram less than 0 germ, which is not well known, tends to be located in bones and joints. in the light of for observations and some of the cases yet observed, we could identified the clinical, biological, and bacteriological characteristics of this germ that has been just described. | 1986 | 3581309 |
| kingella kingae septicaemia. | | 1987 | 3591214 |
| septicaemia with probable endocarditis caused by kingella denitrificans. | a 59-year-old man developed septicaemia caused by kingella denitrificans. treatment was with ampicillin and an aminoglycoside. the illness was complicated by a cerebral embolus. an obvious source of infection was not found. | 1987 | 3693925 |
| intervertebral diskitis caused by kingella kingae. | a case of childhood intervertebral diskitis caused by kingella kingae is presented. in a review of the literature, the authors found 33 reported cases of infection caused by species of the kingella genus, of which 29 were due to k. kingae. of the 33 cases, 42% represented bacterial endocarditis and 48% bone and joint infection. of the 16 bone and joint infections, 11 represented septic arthritis, 3 osteomyelitis, and 2 intervertebral diskitis, the latter finding making the authors' case of k. ki ... | 1986 | 3706211 |
| manifestations of kingella kingae infections in adults: resemblance to neisserial infections. | kingella kingae is a rare human pathogen. most reported infections are in children and involve endocardium, vascular space, and skeletal tissues. we report herein two cases of k. kingae infection recently seen in adults. kingella kingae caused acute meningitis in a patient with sickle cell anemia and in the second patient with alcoholic liver disease, sepsis with a petechial rash. the clinical presentation due to k. kingae closely resembled that caused by related neisseria genus. | 1986 | 3709097 |
| infections caused by kingella kingae: report of four cases and review. | kingella kingae, formerly known as moraxella kingae, is a fastidious, non-motile, coccobacillary, fermentative gram-negative rod that has been chiefly associated with two types of infections in man: bone and joint infections, and endocarditis. we describe four patients with k. kingae infections, one with septicaemia, two with endocarditis, and one with osteoarthritis. the current literature on infections with k. kingae is reviewed. | 1986 | 3760596 |
| [a new human bacteriosis: infection with kingella kingae]. | | 1986 | 3764217 |
| isolation of two strains of kingella kingae associated with septic arthritis. | two new cases of infection, a presternal abscess and a spondylodiscitis caused by the recently classified bacterium kingella kingae, are reported. the main bacteriological characteristics and the susceptibility of the two isolates to antimicrobial agents are described. the pathology of k. kingae, particularly among children, is reviewed. | 1986 | 3782457 |
| [osteoarthritis and osteomyelitis due to kingella kingae in children. apropos of 5 cases and review of the literature]. | bone infection caused by kingella kingae (kk) is rare since there are only 15 published cases. we report 5 additional cases with isolation of kk from fluid or bone aspiration. kk was sensitive to the most common antibiotics. the outcome was favorable in every case. | 1986 | 3808839 |
| evaluation of the rim system and gono gen test for identification of neisseria gonorrhoeae from clinical specimens. | rim-n (austin biological laboratories) and gono gen (micro media systems) were evaluated for accuracy and compared with conventional carbohydrate degradation tests for identification of neisseria gonorrhoeae. a total of 127 fresh clinical isolates of n. gonorrhoeae were tested; 118 (93%) were identified by rim-n, and 100 (79%) yielded positive reactions with gono gen. seventy nongonococcal isolates including other neisseria species, branhamella catarrhalis, kingella kingae, and moraxella species ... | 1985 | 3919991 |
| kingella denitrificans prosthetic endocarditis. | kingella species are rarely reported as a cause of endocarditis. we report two cases of k. denitrificans endocarditis occurring in patients with prosthetic valves. k. denitrificans has not been previously reported to cause prosthetic valve endocarditis. both patients may have developed bacteremia from altered upper respiratory or oral mucosa with subsequent prosthetic valve infection. treatment with penicillin g and streptomycin was successful in the first patient, whereas ampicillin alone resul ... | 1986 | 3953636 |
| [acute endocarditis caused by kingella kingae in an infant]. | a case of bacterial endocarditis in a one year-old boy is reported. there was no underlying heart disease. the organism was a kingella kingae, an aerobic gram negative bacillus, a normal inhabitant of the upper respiratory tract. it has rarely been implicated as a pediatric pathogen. occasionally it can cause bone and joint infections and exceptionally endocarditis. | 1985 | 3985754 |
| [kingella kingae--a new infectious agent]. | | 1985 | 3990452 |
| kingella kingae infections: a review and a presentation of data from 10 swedish cases. | kingella kingae is a fastidious gram-negative rod related to the neisseriae. together with data from published cases of k. kingae infection, we report the clinical and laboratory findings from 10 cases in western sweden; a specific serological reaction is also described. the diagnoses were osteomyelitis, septic arthritis, discitis, endocarditis, occult bacteraemia and phlegmon. the data from the swedish cases, together with those from previous reports in the literature provided the basis for an ... | 1985 | 4059864 |
| differentiation of kingella denitrificans from neisseria gonorrhoeae by growth on a semisolid medium and sensitivity to amylase. | all 239 strains of neisseria gonorrhoeae tested for sensitivity to amylase-impregnated disks showed zones of growth inhibition ranging from 15 to 30 mm in diameter. none of 52 strains of kingella denitrificans were inhibited by the same amylase test. in addition, all n. gonorrhoeae strains grew well on a gonococcal base medium supplemented with either isovitalex (bbl microbiology systems) or supplement b (difco laboratories), whereas k. denitrificans grew adequately only on the medium with isovi ... | 1983 | 6187768 |
| identification and characterization of kingella kingae. | kingella kingae is a rarely isolated opportunistic pathogen in the family neisseriaceae. thirteen strains of this organism, including six strains isolated in denmark, were characterized. they formed a homogeneous group of small, non-motile, fastidious gram-negative rods which were beta-haemolytic, oxidase positive, catalase negative and saccharolytic. acid was produced for glucose and maltose. growth was most pronounced aerobically but corroding colonies increased considerably in size during ana ... | 1981 | 6274144 |
| development of a test system for rapid differentiation of neisseria and haemophilus spp. | a qualitative micromethod (ids rapid nh system) employing conventional and single-substrate enzyme tests was developed for the biochemical characterization of neisseria spp., haemophilus spp., and other gram-negative species. a total of over 140 dehydrated, miniaturized biochemical tests were investigated for their ability to distinguish species. computer-assisted test selection and pair separation analysis of the data allowed the selection of 11 4-h tests that would identify haemophilus and nei ... | 1983 | 6358247 |
| kingella kingae septicaemia with a clinical presentation resembling disseminated gonococcal infection. | | 1984 | 6434059 |
| acute kingella kingae endocarditis with recurrent cerebral emboli in a child with mitral prolapse. | an 11-year-old girl had sudden onset of right hemiplegia and dysphasia with fever. blood cultures grew kingella kingae. echocardiography showed a prolapsed mitral valve vegetation, which became larger during a prolonged course of antibiotics. after seven weeks of therapy, when surgery was being planned, the child deteriorated abruptly. a repeat echocardiogram showed that the vegetation had disappeared. conservative medical management is usually inadequate in treating vegetations associated with ... | 1984 | 6465865 |
| phenotypic differentiation of cardiobacterium hominis, kingella indologenes and cdc group ef-4. | eleven strains of cardiobacterium hominis, two strains of kingella indologenes and six strains of cdc group ef-4 were characterized. since all three taxa are oxidase-positive, fastidious gram-negative rods with relatively few positive reactions, they may be easily confused in the microbiological laboratory. common characteristics are acid production from glucose, aerobic growth in semi-solid agar and very slow anaerobic growth. group ef-4 is distinguished from the other two species by its capaci ... | 1984 | 6468366 |
| endocarditis due to kingella kingae. | four cases of endocarditis due to kingella kingae are described in compromised patients. all had primary heart disease, and two had systemic lupus erythematosis and congenital heart defect respectively, in addition. confirmation of kingella kingae was made in one case at autopsy. the literature on 11 cases of endocarditis, 2 bacteremia, 4 osteomyelitis, 5 septic arthritis and 1 intervertebral disc infection, all caused by kingella kingae, is reviewed. our findings confirm that the organism is of ... | 1984 | 6468370 |
| septicemia caused by kingella kingae. | a case of kingella kingae septicemia following acute gastroenteritis is described. intravenous antibiotic treatment with mezlocillin and tobramycin led to rapid and sustained recovery. the infection with kingella kingae may have been food-borne. | 1984 | 6468371 |
| kingella kingae osteomyelitis of the clavicle. | kingella kingae is the most recent addition to the list of etiologic agents causing osteomyelitis and septic arthritis in previously well children. a case is presented of a child with k. kingae osteomyelitis of the clavicle--an uncommon site of infection due to any organism. in the hope of facilitating the detection and treatment of this increasingly recognized pathogen, a brief discussion of its microbiologic characteristics and a summary of the patients reported to date with bone and joint inf ... | 1984 | 6470125 |
| a pitfall in purulent arthritis brought out in kingella kingae infection of the knee. | a description of the protracted course of kingella monoarthritis is given as an illustration of the importance of accounting for the slow growth, low viable numbers, and fastidious culture requirements of microbes that may be encountered in synovial samples. the practice of carrying out synovial fluid cultures in the same way as blood cultures is recommended. | 1984 | 6476925 |
| infective endocarditis caused by kingella denitrificans. | the clinical and bacteriological findings in a case of infective endocarditis caused by kingella denitrificans are presented. this appears to be only the second report providing clear evidence for a pathogenic role for this species. | 1984 | 6511984 |
| bacterial endocarditis due to kingella kingae. | a case of infective bacterial endocarditis due to kingella kingae in a 26 year old male involving a prosthetic mitral valve is described. microbiological features of this organism are outlined, and the treatment of this endocarditis is discussed with reference to the four previously reported cases. | 1983 | 6578452 |
| septic arthritis caused by kingella kingae. | kingella kingae is a slow-growing, fastidious gram-negative coccobacillus that is a normal inhabitant of the oropharynx of man, but it has rarely been implicated as a human pathogen. two cases of septic arthritis caused by this organism are reported along with a review of seven previously reported cases of infections caused by this organism. bone and joint infections predominate. gram's-stained smears of pus from bone or joint fluid aspirate have been negative for organisms, and a delay of growt ... | 1983 | 6613942 |
| kingella kingae causing septic arthritis in felty's syndrome. | a case of septic arthritis of the elbow caused by kingella kingae, a gram-negative bacillus, is described. the patient had long-standing, severe rheumatoid arthritis and felty's syndrome. this appears to be the first report from the united kingdom of kingella kingae as the aetiological agent of septic arthritis. | 1983 | 6622347 |
| kingella (moraxella) kingae infections. | | 1983 | 6637943 |
| emended description of kingella denitrificans (snell and lapage 1976): correction of the maltose reaction. | snell and lapage proposed that the bacterium designated cdc group tm-1 be named kingella denitrificans. their description of the organism indicated that it produced acid from maltose which was in contrast with an earlier report from our laboratory that maltose was not utilized. in an attempt to explain the different findings in the two laboratories, the type strain and two additional strains of k. denitrificans were tested for acid production from maltose in phenol red broth, the rapid fermentat ... | 1983 | 6643668 |
| kingella kingae meningitis with bilateral infarcts of the basal ganglia. | kingella kingae was isolated for the first time from the cerebrospinal fluid in a 21-month-old caucasian girl with stomatitis and meningitis. a computed axial tomogram of the brain showed changes compatible with bilateral infarction of the basal ganglia. ampicillin and chloramphenicol treatment was effective. | 1983 | 6668069 |
| septic arthritis caused by kingella kingae. | a normal part of the oral flora, kingella kingae has seldom been recognized as the cause of serious clinical infections. we report a case of documented septic arthritis caused by k. kingae in an otherwise healthy infant. we suggest that it may be more common than thought based on the general unfamiliarity with this organism and the fact that several dozen clinical isolates have been identified by reference laboratories. | 1983 | 6826703 |
| kingella kingae endocarditis in a child with a prosthetic aortic valve and bifurcation graft. | | 1983 | 6829524 |
| kingella kingae infectious arthritis: case report and review of literature of kingella and moraxella infections. | | 1983 | 6838679 |
| infective endocarditis caused by kingella kingae. | | 1983 | 6839259 |
| kingella (moraxella) kingae infections in children. | kingella (moraxella) kingae occasionally colonizes the nasopharynx and rarely causes serious infections. three children with k kingae infections treated over a two-month period were studied. epidemiologic investigation concluded that infection was community acquired, not pseudoinfection or nosocomial infection. except for prompt laboratory recognition of the organism, no identifiable factors explained the observed prevalence. five additional k kingae infections were reviewed. affected sites incl ... | 1983 | 6858976 |
| prosthetic valve bacterial endocarditis caused by kingella kingae. | | 1983 | 6883228 |
| endocarditis resulting from kingella kingae, presenting initially as culture-negative bacterial endocarditis. | | 1982 | 6922855 |
| use of the rapid fermentation test in determining carbohydrate reactions of fastidious bacteria in clinical laboratories. | the rapid fermentation test was used to determine the carbohydrate reactions of some of the fastidious bacteria encountered in clinical laboratories, such as: haemophilus species, including haemophilus vaginalis; actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans; cardiobacterium hominis; kingella species; corynebacterium species; propionibacterium species; and erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae. results were usually obtained within 4 h by using inocula from 24- or 48-h blood or chocolate agar media. | 1980 | 6999028 |
| symposium on infective endocarditis. iii. endocarditis due to gram-negative bacteria. report of 56 cases. | at the mayo clinic, 56 patients with infective endocarditis caused by gram-negative bacteria were seen from 1958 through 1979, 35 of whom were seen from 1970 through 1979. the patients were categorized into two divisions: those with medical, naturally acquired valve infections (40 [71%]) and those with infective endocarditis after cardiac operation (16 [29%]). the overall cure rate was 82% (46 of 56 patients); 35 of 40 patients (88%) were cured in the medical group, and 11 of 16 patients (69%) w ... | 1982 | 7062778 |
| osteomyelitis and septic arthritis caused by kingella kingae. | the clinical and bacteriological findings in two cases of osteomyelitis and one case of septic arthritis caused by kingella kingae are presented. this appears to be the first report providing clear evidence for a pathogenic role for this species in bone and joint infections. | 1982 | 7068914 |
| kingella kingae osteomyelitis mimicking an eosinophilic granuloma. | | 1982 | 7136665 |
| septic arthritis due to kingella (moraxella) kingii: case report and review of the literature. | kingella (moraxella) kingii, a gram-negative bacillus, was isolated as the cause of septic knee arthritis in an adult. three previous cases (1 adult and 2 children) of septic arthritis due to moraxella species have been reported. all cases have been characterized by difficulty in identifying the organism, indolent clinical course and slow response to antibiotic treatment. | 1981 | 7288767 |
| infective endocarditis due to kingella denitrificans. | | 1980 | 7396307 |
| bacteria, arthritis, and skin lesions due to kingella kingae. | | 1980 | 7436480 |
| phylogenetic relationships between some members of the genera neisseria, acinetobacter, moraxella, and kingella based on partial 16s ribosomal dna sequence analysis. | we obtained 16s ribosomal dna (rdna) sequence data for strains belonging to 11 species of proteobacteria, including the type strains of kingella kingae, neisseria lactamica, neisseria meningitidis, moraxella lacunata subsp. lacunata, [neisseria] ovis, moraxella catarrhalis, moraxella osloensis, [moraxella] phenylpyruvica, and acinetobacter lwoffii, as well as strains of neisseria subflava and acinetobacter calcoaceticus. the data in a distance matrix constructed by comparing the sequences suppor ... | 1994 | 7520730 |
| outpatient treatment of endocarditis in a clinic-based program in argentina. | the major cost in the treatment of infective endocarditis (ie) is the length of hospitalization required for the administration of intravenous antibiotics. this can be reduced by substituting shorter regimens and by the introduction of outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (opat). careful selection of patients is vital for the success of opat in ie. the patients should be hemodynamically stable and without clinical complications. the delivery of opat for ie followed a clinical and home-based ... | 1995 | 7588859 |
| evaluation of novel vancomycin-containing medium for primary isolation of kingella kingae from upper respiratory tract specimens. | a new selective medium (bav), consisting of trypticase agar with 5% sheep hemoglobin and 2 micrograms of vancomycin per ml, was compared with the routine blood-agar medium for the primary isolation of kingella kingae from upper respiratory specimens from a population of young children. infection was detected by the bav medium in 43 of 44 (98%) cultures positive for k. kingae, and detection of the organism was facilitated by inhibition of gram-positive flora. infection was detected in only 10 of ... | 1995 | 7615773 |