title: Secondary bacteremia in rotavirus gastroenteritis.
abstract: The aim of the study was to determine the frequency of secondary bacteremia in children with rotavirus gastroenteritis and persistence or reemergence of fever. We identified 376 children with a mean of age of 14.2 ± 10.1 months. A significant pathogen was isolated from blood cultures in 5 patients [Enterococcus faecium (n = 1), Klebsiella spp (n = 1), Staphylococcus aureus (n = 1), Raoultella planticola (n = 1), Candida albicans (n = 1); 1.3%]. The frequency of secondary bacteremia in children with rotavirus gastroenteritis is low, but it should be considered when there is fever lasting >48 hours or reemergence of fever.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Pediatrics; †Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases; ‡Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology; and §Nurse, Infection Control Committee, Dr. Behçet Uz Children's Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Salih
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gözmen
authors.forename: Keskin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sükran Gözmen
authors.forename: Hurşit
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Apa
authors.forename: Hüseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aktürk
authors.forename: Yelda
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sorguç
authors.forename: Nuri
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bayram
authors.forename: Gamze
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gülfidan
authors.forename: Yeliz
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Oruç
authors.forename: Nevbahar
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yaşar
authors.forename: Ilker
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Devrim
mesh_terms: D016470:Bacteremia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D016469:Fungemia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000150:complications*