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A PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF THE RISK FOR SERIOUS BACTERIAL INFECTIONS IN HOSPITALIZED FEBRILE INFANTS WITH OR WITHOUT BRONCHIOLITIS

2008; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 27; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1097/inf.0b013e31815e85b1

1532-0987

Efraim Bilavsky, Dror S. Shouval, Havatzelet Yarden‐Bilavsky, Naama Fisch, Shai Ashkenazi, Jacob Amir,

Neonatal Respiratory Health Research

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.