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- Title
Polymerase chain reaction detection of Kingella kingae in children with culture-negative septic arthritis in eastern Ontario.
- Authors
Slinger, Robert; Moldovan, Ioana; Bowes, Jennifer; Chan, Francis
- Abstract
BACKGROUND: The bacterium Kingella kingae may be an underrecognized cause of septic arthritis in Canadian children because it is difficult to grow in culture and best detected using molecular methods. OBJECTIVES: To determine whether K kingae is present in culture-negative joint fluid specimens from children in eastern Ontario using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) detection methods. METHODS: K kingae PCR testing was performed using residual bacterial culture-negative joint fluid collected from 2010 to 2013 at a children's hospital in Ottawa, Ontario. The clinical features of children with infections caused by K kingae were compared with those of children with infections caused by the 'typical' septic arthritis bacteria, Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes. RESULTS: A total of 50 joint fluid specimens were submitted over the study period. Ten were culture-positive, eight for S aureus and two for S pyogenes. Residual joint fluid was available for 27 of the 40 culture-negative specimens and K kingae was detected using PCR in seven (25.93%) of these samples. Children with K kingae were significantly younger (median age 1.7 versus 11.3 years; P=0.01) and had lower C-reactive protein levels (median 23.8 mg/L versus 117.6. mg/L; P=0.01) than those infected with other bacteria. CONCLUSIONS: K kingae was frequently detected using PCR in culture-negative joint fluid specimens from children in eastern Ontario. K kingae PCR testing of culture-negative joint samples in children appears to be warranted.
- Subjects
ONTARIO; BACTERIAL disease complications; DIAGNOSIS of bacterial diseases; AGE distribution; BACTERIAL diseases; C-reactive protein; CHILDREN'S hospitals; COMPARATIVE studies; INFECTIOUS arthritis; JOINTS (Anatomy); MICROBIAL sensitivity tests; POLYMERASE chain reaction; PROBABILITY theory; STAPHYLOCOCCUS aureus; STREPTOCOCCUS; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; GRAM-negative aerobic bacteria; SYMPTOMS
- Publication
Paediatrics & Child Health (1205-7088), 2016, Vol 21, Issue 2, p79
- ISSN
1205-7088
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/pch/21.2.79