A prospective study of the risk for serious bacterial infections in hospitalized febrile infants with or without bronchiolitis.
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.
Bilavsky
Efraim
E
Department of Pediatrics C, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqwa, Israel. yoji@netvision.net.il
Shouval
Dror S
DS
Yarden-Bilavsky
Havatzelet
H
Fisch
Naama
N
Ashkenazi
Shai
S
Amir
Jacob
J
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