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Volume 27, Number 3—March 2021
Synopsis

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

Alexander Lowenthal1, Hila Weisblum-Neuman1, Einat Birk, Liat Ashkenazi-Hoffnung, Itzhak Levy, Haim Ben-Zvi, Gabriel Amir, Georgy Frenkel, Elchanan Bruckheimer, Havatzelet Yarden-Bilavsky, Dafna Marom, Eran Shostak, Elhanan Nahum, Tamir Dagan, Gabriel Chodick, and Oded ScheuermanComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel (A. Lowenthal, H. Weisblum-Neuman, E. Birk, L. Ashkenazi-Hoffnung, I. Levy, H. Ben-Zvi, G. Amir, G. Frenkel, E. Bruckheimer, H. Yarden-Bilavsky, D. Marom, E. Shostak, E. Nahum, T. Dagan, G. Chodick, O. Scheuerman); Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel, Petach-Tikva, Israel (A. Lowenthal, H. Weisblum-Neuman, E. Birk, L. Ashkenazi-Hoffnung, I. Levy, G. Amir, G. Frenkel, E. Bruckheimer, H. Yarden-Bilavsky, E. Shostak, E. Nahum, T. Dagan, O. Scheuerman); Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital, Petach-Tikva (H. Ben-Zvi); Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv (D. Marom)

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Table 1

Comparison of baseline demographics and characteristics of pediatric infective endocarditis case-patients by causative pathogen, Israel, 1994–2019*

Characteristic Kingella, n = 19 (32%) Non-Kingella, n = 41 (68%) p value
Age, mo, mean (SD)
 16 (+ 10.29)
 91.4 (+ 74.11)
 <0.001
Sex
F 6 (32) 25 (61) 0.065
M
 13 (68)
 16 (39)
Congenital heart disease 10 (52) 32 (78.0) 0.09
Known heart murmur 7 (37) 29 (71) 0.027
Recent dental procedure† 0 (0) 6 (15) 0.195
Long-term CVL 0 (0) 5 (12) 0.277
Recent catheterization† 4 (21) 6 (15) 0.804
Time from catheterization to infection, wk 14.50 (10–23)‡ 6.00 (2.9–14)‡ 0.24
Community-acquired infection 19 (100) 33 (80) 0.097

*Values are no. (%) except as indicated. CVL, central venous line.
†Recent catheterization or dental procedures defined as <6 mo before diagnosis of infective endocarditis.
‡Median (interquartile range).

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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