An Outbreak of Kingella kingae Infections Complicating a Severe Hand, Foot, And Mouth Disease Outbreak in Nice, France, 2016.

Ne Houmami (1) , V Cointat , A Mirand , V Fouilloux , J Bzdrenga , S. Bakour , P. Minodier , Ma Dubois , F Anave-Frapech , Rémi N Charrel (2) , Didier Raoult (1, 3) , Pierre-Edouard Fournier (1, 3)

1 URMITE - Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes
2 EPV - Emergence des Pathologies Virales
3 IHU Marseille - Institut Hospitalier Universitaire Méditerranée Infection

We report the investigative methods for the diagnosis of an epidemic and culture-negative K. kingae endocarditis complicating a severe outbreak of hand,foot, and mouth disease in a childcare center. The diagnosis was confirmed by PCR testings performed from cardiac tissue. Our findings argue for the systematic investigation of K. kingae outbreaks by using molecular tools in such context.

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Bacteriology; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Virology; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Parasitology; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Human health and pathology; Cardiology and cardiovascular system; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Human health and pathology; Emerging diseases; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Human health and pathology; Infectious diseases

Ne Houmami, V Cointat, A Mirand, V Fouilloux, J Bzdrenga, et al.. An Outbreak of Kingella kingae Infections Complicating a Severe Hand, Foot, And Mouth Disease Outbreak in Nice, France, 2016. . Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 2016, ⟨10.1097/INF.0000000000001487⟩. ⟨hal-01474977⟩