PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - L Duttweiler
AU  - D Nadal
AU  - B Frey
TI  - Pulmonary and systemic bacterial co-infections in severe RSV bronchiolitis
AID  - 10.1136/adc.2004.049551
DP  - 2004 Dec 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood
PG  - 1155--1157
VI  - 89
IP  - 12
4099  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/89/12/1155.short
4100  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/89/12/1155.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child2004 Dec 01; 89
AB  - In 127 infants admitted to intensive care for RSV bronchiolitis, concomitant bacterial sepsis was a rare event. However, in the subgroup of intubated patients the incidence of bacterial pneumonia was 43.9% (95% CI 31.0–56.8%), half community acquired and half nosocomial. As clinical signs are not helpful in identifying these patients, tracheal aspirates have to be investigated microbiologically on a routine basis in order to start antibiotics in time.