Kingella kingae

General:

Clinical:

• Normal: Oropharynx.
• Abnormal: Septic arthritis, endocarditis.

Resistance: Most strains are sensitive to penicillins and other beta-lactams.

Morphology: Small gram- coccobacilli which resemble Neisseria sp.

Growth characteristics: Fastidious facultative anaerobe which ferments carbohydrates and grows slowly (may take 3 or more days to detect at all).

Common/important pathogens: