Factors associated with increased risk of inappropriate empiric antibiotic treatment of childhood bacteraemia

1996 ◽  
Vol 155 (7) ◽  
pp. 545-550 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shai Ashkenazi ◽  
Zmira Samra ◽  
Hana Konisberger ◽  
Moshe M. Drucker ◽  
Leonard Leibovici
1996 ◽  
Vol 155 (7) ◽  
pp. 545-550
Author(s):  
Shai Ashkenazi ◽  
Zmira Samra ◽  
Hana Konisberger ◽  
Moshe M. Drucker ◽  
Leonard Leibovici

2018 ◽  
pp. 257-262
Author(s):  
Temima Waltuch

This case reviews the workup and management of febrile infants less than 3 months of age. These infants are a unique population as their immune systems are immature, placing them at increased risk for serious bacterial infections. Most febrile infants have self-limited viral illnesses; however, it is important to identify those that have a coexisting or isolated bacterial illness. Febrile infants <28 days require a full sepsis workup and admission to the hospital for monitoring and parenteral empiric antibiotic treatment. Workup and management of febrile infants between 29 and 90 days present more of a controversy in the literature. At minimum, infants 1 to 2 months of age will have blood and urine cultures performed, while the lumbar puncture is dependent on their individual risk stratification. Workup for infants 2 to 3 months of age will be completely dependent on risk stratification.


2014 ◽  
Vol 42 (8) ◽  
pp. 1749-1755 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricard Ferrer ◽  
Ignacio Martin-Loeches ◽  
Gary Phillips ◽  
Tiffany M. Osborn ◽  
Sean Townsend ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Antonio Rodríguez-Cervera ◽  
Paulo Francisco Castañeda-Mendez ◽  
Luis Soto-Ramírez ◽  
Lorena Cabrera-Ruiz

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