Predicting serious bacterial infection in young children with fever without apparent source

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1226-1231

  Bleeker, S E ^a   Moons, K G M ^a   Derksen lubsen, G ^a   Grobbee, D E ^a   Moll, H A ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacterial infections child; Fever; Prediction rule; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SINUSITIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0035210926     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/080352501317130236     Document Type: Article

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