Serious Bacterial Infections in Young Febrile Infants With Positive Urinalysis Results.

ABSTRACT: It is unknown whether febrile infants 29 to 60 days old with positive urinalysis results require routine lumbar punctures for evaluation of bacterial meningitis.

Objective

To determine the prevalence of bacteremia and/or bacterial meningitis in febrile infants ≤60 days of age with positive urinalysis (UA) results.

Methods

Secondary analysis of a prospective observational study of noncritical febrile infants ≤60 days between 2011 and 2019 conducted in the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network emergency departments. Participants had temperatures ≥38°C and were evaluated with blood cultures and had UAs available for analysis. We report the prevalence of bacteremia and bacterial meningitis in those with and without positive UA results.

Results

Among 7180 infant

SUBMITTER: Mahajan P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9648158 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature