Occult bacteremia and septicemia in the febrile child younger than two years

J I Singer; J Vest; A Prints

Occult bacteremia and septicemia in the febrile child younger than two years

Emerg Med Clin North Am. 1995 May;13(2):381-416.

Authors

J I Singer¹, J Vest, A Prints

Affiliation

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio, USA.

PMID: 7737026

Abstract

The literature on the assessment and the preferred treatment strategies for children without a focus of infection is reviewed. Opinions are offered regarding the diagnostic evaluation and therapeutic interventions for febrile infants and children who are at risk for occult bacteremia or sepsis. Clinicians are encouraged to consider the proposed strategies but not to supplant their prevailing practice.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Bacteremia* / diagnosis
Bacteremia* / etiology
Bacteremia* / therapy
Fever of Unknown Origin / etiology
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Prevalence
Sepsis* / diagnosis
Sepsis* / etiology
Sepsis* / therapy