Prevalence of Bandemia in Respiratory Viral Infections: A Pediatric Emergency Room Experience.

ABSTRACT: Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of bandemia in confirmed respiratory viral infections in febrile infants and children presenting to the emergency department. Methods: An observational retrospective study from January 1, 2016, through December 31, 2016, was conducted in patients between the ages of ≥ 1 month and ≤ 5 years presenting to the emergency room with fever and who had a complete blood cell count performed. Patients were separated into seven groups based on the type of respiratory viral infection. Inclusion criteria strictly counted children with viral infections and absence of clinical and laboratory evidence of a bacterial coinfection. Results: A total of 419 patients had a documented viral infection. A significant proportion of

SUBMITTER: Noyola E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7816918 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature