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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2007, p. 3133-3134, Vol. 45, No. 9
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00809-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Molecular Diagnosis of Kingella kingae Pericarditis by Amplification and Sequencing of the 16S rRNA Gene{triangledown}

Matta Matta,1,3 Delphine Wermert,2,3 Isabelle Podglajen,1,3,4 Olivier Sanchez,2,3 Annie Buu-Hoï,1,3 Laurent Gutmann,1,3,4 Guy Meyer,2,3 and Jean-Luc Mainardi1,3,4*

Departments of Microbiology,1 Pneumology, AP-HP Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France,2 Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris-Descartes, Paris, France,3 Laboratoire de Recherche Moléculaire sur les Antibiotiques, UMR S 872, Paris F-75006, France4

Received 16 April 2007/ Returned for modification 12 June 2007/ Accepted 5 July 2007

Kingella kingae is a fastidious gram-negative bacillus that is considered an emerging pathogen in pediatric settings but remains less common in adults. Here we describe a case of pericarditis in an immunocompetent adult host. The microorganism was identified directly from the clinical sample by molecular techniques, i.e., 16S rRNA gene amplification and sequencing.

* Corresponding author. Mailing adress: Department of Microbiology, Unité Mobile de Microbiologie Clinique, Université Paris-Descartes, Faculté de Médecine, AP-HP Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, 20 rue Leblanc, 75908 Paris Cedex 15, France. Phone: 33 1 56 09 39 51. Fax: 33 1 56 09 24 46. E-mail: jlmainar{at}bhdc.jussieu.fr

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

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2007, p. 3133-3134, Vol. 45, No. 9
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00809-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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