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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2007, p. 3118-3120, Vol. 45, No. 9
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00878-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Bacterial Peritonitis Caused by Kingella kingae{triangledown}

Jason J. Bofinger, Thomas Fekete, and Rafik Samuel*

Temple University Hospital, Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, 500 Parkinson Pavilion, 3401 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140

Received 26 April 2007/ Accepted 6 July 2007

Kingella kingae is a commensal of the upper respiratory tract that occasionally causes skeletal infections in children and endocarditis in children and adults. We report a case of a 55-year-old man with liver disease and tense ascites who performed a paracentesis on himself and developed K. kingae peritonitis and bacteremia.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Temple University Hospital, Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, 500 Parkinson Pavilion, 3401 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, PA 19140. Phone: (215) 707-3807. Fax: (215) 707-4414. E-mail: samuelr{at}tuhs.temple.edu

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 18 July 2007.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2007, p. 3118-3120, Vol. 45, No. 9
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00878-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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