Routine cerebrospinal fluid enterovirus polymerase chain reaction testing reduces hospitalization and antibiotic use for infants 90 days of age or younger

Pediatrics

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 489-496

  King, Rebecca L ^a   Lorch, Scott A ^a,b   Cohen, Daniela M ^a   Hodinka, Richard L ^a,b   Cohn, Keri A ^a   Shah, Samir S ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aseptic meningitis; Enterovirus; Infant; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT DURATION; TURNAROUND TIME; URBAN AREA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548394216     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-0252     Document Type: Article

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