A prospective study of the risk for serious bacterial infections in hospitalized febrile infants with or without bronchiolitis

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 269-270

  Bilavsky, Efraim ^a   Shouval, Dror S ^a   Yarden Bilavsky, Havatzelet ^a   Fisch, Naama ^a   Ashkenazi, Shai ^a,b   Amir, Jacob ^a,b  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bronchiolitis; Prospective study; Risk; Serious bacterial infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRONCHIOLITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEVER; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITALIZED INFANT; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RISK FACTOR;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BRONCHIOLITIS; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 44949120900     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31815e85b1     Document Type: Article

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