Accuracy of a sequential approach to identify young febrile infants at low risk for invasive bacterial infection

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 31, Issue e1, 2013, Pages e19-e24

  Mintegi, Santiago ^a   Bressan, Silvia ^b   Gomez, Borja ^a   Da Dalt, Liviana ^c   Blázquez, Daniel ^d   Olaciregui, Izaskun ^e   De La Torre, Mercedes ^f   Palacios, Miriam ^g   Berlese, Paola ^c   Benito, Javier ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALE CA FONCELLO   (Italy)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL DONOSTIA   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL INFANTIL UNIVERSITARIO NIÑO JESÚS   (Spain)

^g Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Navarra   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTURIA; LOW RISK PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINE CULTURE; URINE SAMPLING;

EID: 84881037625     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2013-202449     Document Type: Article

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