1. Prevalence of Bacteremia And Meningitis In Febrile Infants ≤ 60 Days With Positive Urinalyses In A Multicenter Network
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Melissa A. Vitale, Jonathan E. Bennett, Richard M. Ruddy, Alexander J. Rogers, John M. VanBuren, Rajender Gattu, Elizabeth R. Alpern, Andrea T. Cruz, Shireen M. Atabaki, Daniel M. Cohen, Michelle L. Pickett, Aaron N. Leetch, James G. Linakis, Amanda Bogie, Bema K. Bonsu, Lise E. Nigrovic, Peter S. Dayan, Dominic A. Borgialli, Jennifer Anders, Fran Balamuth, Rachel Richards, Rakesh D. Mistry, Kathleen Grisanti, David M. Jaffe, Eric W. Glissmeyer, Genie Roosevelt, Leah Tzimenatos, David Schnadower, Richard Greenberg, Alison Cator, Stephen Blumberg, Lorin R. Browne, Prashant Mahajan, Nathan Kuppermann, Ellen F. Crain, Elizabeth C. Powell, Grace Park, Angela M. Ellison, Octavio Ramilo, and Kimberley Quyale
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Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Urinalysis ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Urinary system ,Emergency department ,medicine.disease ,Concomitant ,Bacteremia ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,medicine ,Bacterial meningitis ,Prospective cohort study ,business ,Meningitis - Abstract
Background: Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are the most common serious bacterial infection in young febrile infants, and the urinalysis (UA) is an accurate screening test for emergency department (ED) evaluation. Precise estimates of risk of concomitant bacteremia and/or bacterial meningitis (invasive bacterial infections; IBI) in febrile infants ≤ 60 days have been based on presence of UTIs rather than positive UAs, and lack large prospective study. Objective: We sought to determine the prevalence of IBIs in febrile infants 0-28 …
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- 2021
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