Kerstersia spp. are an unusual cause of human infections. We report the first known case of bacte... more Kerstersia spp. are an unusual cause of human infections. We report the first known case of bacteremia and sepsis due to Kerstersia gyiorum, in a patient with chronic lower extremity ulcers, and we review the literature on this uncommon pathogen.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, Jan 9, 2015
In Kenya, > 10 million episodes of acute febrile illness are treated annually among children u... more In Kenya, > 10 million episodes of acute febrile illness are treated annually among children under 5 years. Most are clinically managed as malaria without parasitological confirmation. There is an unmet need to describe pathogen-specific etiologies of fever. We enrolled 370 febrile children and 184 healthy controls. We report demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with Plasmodium falciparum, group A streptococcal (GAS) pharyngitis, and respiratory viruses (influenza A and B, respiratory syncytial virus [RSV], parainfluenza [PIV] types 1-3, adenovirus, human metapneumovirus [hMPV]), as well as those with undifferentiated fever. Of febrile children, 79.7% were treated for malaria. However, P. falciparum was detected infrequently in both cases and controls (14/268 [5.2%] versus 3/133 [2.3%], P = 0.165), whereas 41% (117/282) febrile children had a respiratory viral infection, compared with 24.8% (29/117) controls (P = 0.002). Only 9/515(1.7%) children had streptococcal...
Kerstersia spp. are an unusual cause of human infections. We report the first known case of bacte... more Kerstersia spp. are an unusual cause of human infections. We report the first known case of bacteremia and sepsis due to Kerstersia gyiorum, in a patient with chronic lower extremity ulcers, and we review the literature on this uncommon pathogen.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, Jan 9, 2015
In Kenya, > 10 million episodes of acute febrile illness are treated annually among children u... more In Kenya, > 10 million episodes of acute febrile illness are treated annually among children under 5 years. Most are clinically managed as malaria without parasitological confirmation. There is an unmet need to describe pathogen-specific etiologies of fever. We enrolled 370 febrile children and 184 healthy controls. We report demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with Plasmodium falciparum, group A streptococcal (GAS) pharyngitis, and respiratory viruses (influenza A and B, respiratory syncytial virus [RSV], parainfluenza [PIV] types 1-3, adenovirus, human metapneumovirus [hMPV]), as well as those with undifferentiated fever. Of febrile children, 79.7% were treated for malaria. However, P. falciparum was detected infrequently in both cases and controls (14/268 [5.2%] versus 3/133 [2.3%], P = 0.165), whereas 41% (117/282) febrile children had a respiratory viral infection, compared with 24.8% (29/117) controls (P = 0.002). Only 9/515(1.7%) children had streptococcal...
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