Prevalence of Serious Bacterial Infection in Young Infants with Hypothermia with Positive Respiratory Pathogen Testing.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We sought to compare the prevalence of serious bacterial infections (SBI; urinary tract infection, bacteremia, and/or meningitis) and invasive bacterial infections (IBI; bacteremia and/or meningitis) among infants with hypothermia with positive vs negative respiratory pathogen testing.

Study design

We conducted a multicenter retrospective cohort study of infants ≤90 days presenting to an emergency department or directly admitted to a hospital from September 1, 2016, to May 5, 2021, with reported or documented hypothermia (≤36°C). Positive respiratory pathogen testing included positive single or multiplex nucleic acid amplification testing. The primary outcome was prevalence of SBI, defined as positive blood, urine, and/or cerebrospinal fluid culture and antibiotic

SUBMITTER: Prasad M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11824670 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature