title: A prospective study of the risk for serious bacterial infections in hospitalized febrile infants with or without bronchiolitis.
abstract: The objective of this study was to assess prospectively the frequency of concurrent serious bacterial infection (SBI) in febrile infants < or = 3 months of age with or without bronchiolitis. SBI was detected in 30 of 312 (9.6%) infants without bronchiolitis compared with 3 of 136 (2.2%) infants with bronchiolitis. The risk of SBI in febrile infants is significantly lower in the presence of bronchiolitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics C, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqwa, Israel. yoji@netvision.net.il
authors.forename: Efraim
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bilavsky
authors.forename: Dror S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Shouval
authors.forename: Havatzelet
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yarden-Bilavsky
authors.forename: Naama
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fisch
authors.forename: Shai
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ashkenazi
authors.forename: Jacob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Amir
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001988:Bronchiolitis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005335:Fever of Unknown Origin / Q000150:complications*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors