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Kingella kingae is being increasingly recognized as the most common etiology of septic arthritis, osteomyelitis, and spondylodiscitis in young children. Etiology Kingella kingae is a fastidious, facultative anaerobic, β-hemolytic member of the Neisseriaceae family that appears as pairs or short…
The genus Kingella belongs to the Neisseriaceae family in the β-subclass of the Proteobacteria, and the genus currently comprises five recognized species. Kingella potus has been isolated from an infected animal bite in an adult, the recently described K. negevensis…