Incidence and predictors of serious bacterial infections among 57- to 180-day-old infants

Pediatrics

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1695-1701

  Hsiao, Allen L ^a   Chen, Lei ^a   Baker, M Douglas ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial infections; C reactive protein; Febrile infant; Fever; White blood cell count

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADENOVIRUS; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIURIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CIRCUMCISION; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CITROBACTER KOSERI; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE SMEAR; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; URINALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; RISK FACTOR;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIURIA; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; RISK FACTORS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 33646842836     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-1673     Document Type: Article

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