On King Saul, Two Missing Mules, and Kingella kingae: The Serendipitous Discovery of a Pediatric Pathogen

Pablo Yagupsky; Ron Dagan

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On King Saul, Two Missing Mules, and Kingella kingae: The Serendipitous Discovery of a Pediatric Pathogen

Pablo Yagupsky, Ron Dagan

Faculty of Health Sciences

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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Abstract

For the first 2 decades following Kingella kingae's initial characterization, this fastidious organism was considered an unusual cause of human infection until a study published in 1992 reported that inoculation of synovial fluid aspirates into blood culture vials improved the recovery of the bacterium. The authors of the original publication report herein the history of the discovery and review the progress made in the research of the organism.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	1264-1266
Number of pages	3
Journal	Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
Volume	37
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000002110
State	Published - 1 Dec 2018

Keywords

Kingella kingae
carriage
detection
invasive disease
research progress

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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On King Saul, Two Missing Mules, and Kingella kingae: The Serendipitous Discovery of a Pediatric Pathogen

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