Predictors of cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis in febrile infants aged 0 to 90 days

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 287-293

  Meehan, William P ^a   Bachur, Richard G ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Cerebrospinal fluid; Fever; Infant; Infection; Meningitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FEVER; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PLEOCYTOSIS; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUMMER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; BLOOD; DECISION TREE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MEDICAL RECORD; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PUNCTURE; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; STATISTICS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DECISION TREES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 46249083045     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31816ecbb0     Document Type: Article

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