Publications by authors named "P Yagupsky"

Background: Diagnosis of Kingella kingae skeletal system infections is made challenging by the microbe's fastidious nature. Detection and quantification of circulating microbial cell-free DNA (mcfDNA) in plasma by the Karius Test, a commercial metagenomic sequencing test, may offer promise in diagnosing pediatric spinal infections caused by difficult-to-culture organisms such as K. kingae.

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Although infections are usually sporadic, outbreaks of disease have been reported. Outbreaks of invasive infections in daycare centers were searched through the Pubmed database. Twenty-seven outbreaks have been detected in North America, Western Europe, and Israel.

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