title: Pediatric infectious disease emergencies.
abstract: Infectious diseases are the cause of the majority of pediatric emergency visits, although only a minority constitute true emergencies. Progress in identifying the true emergencies continues.
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital, Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Harper
mesh_terms: D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis; D001831:Body Temperature; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003440:Croup / Q000175:diagnosis; D004630:Emergencies; D005335:Fever of Unknown Origin / Q000175:diagnosis; D018804:Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D006463:Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D015654:Herpesvirus 6, Human; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007239:Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010403:Penicillin Resistance; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D018357:Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D018113:Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D014917:Whooping Cough / Q000175:diagnosis