Kingella Kingae Endocarditis and Sepsis in an Infant

Overview

Journal Eur J Pediatr

Specialty Pediatrics

Date 2004 Aug 10

PMID 15300433

Citations 5

Authors

Yackov Berkun

Abraham Brand

Aharon Klar

Efraim Halperin

Haggit Hurvitz

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Citing Articles

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Clinical Features and Comparison of Kingella and Non-Kingella Endocarditis in Children, Israel.

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Pore forming activity of the potent RTX-toxin produced by pediatric pathogen Kingella kingae: Characterization and comparison to other RTX-family members.

Barcena-Uribarri I, Benz R, Winterhalter M, Zakharian E, Balashova N Biochim Biophys Acta. 2015; 1848(7):1536-44.

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Kingella kingae: carriage, transmission, and disease.

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RTX toxin plays a key role in Kingella kingae virulence in an infant rat model.

Chang D, Nudell Y, Lau J, Zakharian E, Balashova N Infect Immun. 2014; 82(6):2318-28.

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