Baseline characteristics of children with or without a serious infection
| Serious infection (n=272) | Non-serious infection (n=5245) | |
| Median age in years (IQR) | 1.7 (0.8–4.2) | 1.5 (0.8–3) |
| Boys (%) | 143 (52.6%) | 2808 (53.5%) |
| Final outcome, admission >24 hours with: | ||
| Sepsis | 10 | – |
| Meningitis | 17 | – |
| Appendicitis | 14 | – |
| Pneumonia | 155 | – |
| Osteomyelitis | 0 | – |
| Cellulitis | 3 | – |
| Bacterial gastroenteritis | 21 | – |
| Complicated urinary tract infection | 52 | – |
| Non-serious infection | – | 5245 |
| Median POC CRP level (IQR) | 48 (17–115) | 11 (4–29) |
POC CRP, point-of-care C reactive protein test.