The risk of serious bacterial infections among young ex-premature infants with fever.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

To determine the rate of serious-bacterial-infections (SBI) in young ex-premature infants with fever, and to develop a risk-stratification algorithm for these patients.

Methods

A retrospective cohort study including all infants who presented to the pediatric emergency department (ED) of a tertiary-care university-hospital between 2010 and 2020 with fever (≥38°C), were born prematurely (<37-weeks), had post-conception age of <52-weeks, and had available blood, urine, or CSF cultures. The rates of SBI by age-of-birth and age-at-visit were calculated and compared to a cohort of matched full-term controls.

Results

The study included a total of 290 ex-premature cases and 290 full-term controls. There were 11 cases (3.8%) with an invasive bacterial

SUBMITTER: Barak-Corren Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9597199 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature