[Osteo-articular infections by Kingella kingae in children in a highly complex pediatric hospital: epidemiology and associated factors].

Background: The epidemiology of osteoarticular infections (IOA) has changed in recent years. The incidence of Kingella kingae in Latin America is unknown.

Aims: To describe the epidemiology in patients with IOA in a children hospital.

[Early antibiotic treatment for eradication of initial infection by Pseudomonas aeruginosa in patients with cystic fibrosis].

Introduction: Cystic fibrosis is a genetic autosomal recessive disease that affects approximately 1:6000 live births in our country. Chronic infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) is associated with higher morbidity and-mortality, and deterioration of lung function. Treatment of initial infection is important to prevent or delay chronic infection.