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In this narrative review, we report the current knowledge of the concomitance between K. kingae and viral infections. This hypothesis was first suggested because some authors described that symptoms of viral infections were frequently concomitant with K. kingae infection. Second, specific viral syndromes, such as hand, foot and mouth disease or stomatitis, have been described in children experiencing a K. kingae infection. Moreover, some clusters of K. kingae infection occurring in daycare centers were preceded by viral outbreaks. Third, the major viruses identified in patients during K. kingae infection were human rhinovirus or coxsackievirus, which both belong to the Picornaviridae family and are known to facilitate bacterial infections. Finally, a temporal association was observed between human rhinovirus circulation and K. kingae infection. Although highly probable, the role of viral infection in the K. kingae pathophysiology remains unclear and is based on case description or temporal association. Molecular studies are needed.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/microorganisms10020230","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,23]],"date-time":"2022-01-23T20:34:40Z","timestamp":1642970080000},"page":"230","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Kingella kingae and Viral Infections"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Romain","family":"Basmaci","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Service de P\u00e9diatrie-Urgences, H\u00f4pital Louis-Mourier, APHP, F-92700 Colombes, France"},{"name":"Universit\u00e9 de Paris, Inserm, IAME, UMR1137, F-75006 Paris, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Philippe","family":"Bidet","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Universit\u00e9 de Paris, Inserm, IAME, UMR1137, F-75006 Paris, France"},{"name":"Microbiologie, H\u00f4pital Robert Debr\u00e9, APHP, F-75019 Paris, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"St\u00e9phane","family":"Bonacorsi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Universit\u00e9 de Paris, Inserm, IAME, UMR1137, F-75006 Paris, France"},{"name":"Microbiologie, H\u00f4pital Robert Debr\u00e9, APHP, F-75019 Paris, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"54","DOI":"10.1128\/CMR.00028-14","article-title":"Kingella kingae: Carriage, transmission, and disease","volume":"28","author":"Yagupsky","year":"2015","journal-title":"Clin. 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