Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NJ (INC)

Amount

$156,000.00

Award Date

6/04/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Kingella kingae is a fastidious gram-negative coccobacillus of the Neisseriaceae family and is a normal inhabitant of the human oropharyngeal flora. This bacterium belongs to HACEK group and can cause infective endocarditis. Recently, as the result of imp