Blood culture contamination represents an ongoing source of frustration for clinicians and
microbiologists alike. Ambiguous culture results often lead to diagnostic uncertainty in …

Streptococcus pneumoniae causes significant morbidity and mortality. Children younger
than 2 years and individuals older than 65 years experience the highest rates of …

Background: The introduction of routine vaccination with heptavalent conjugated
pneumococcal vaccine has changed the overall incidence of bacteremia in children 3 …

Background The optimal diagnostic approach to and management of well-appearing, highly
febrile young children has been a matter of debate owing to the possibility of clinically …

Welcome to the 29th edition of Nelson's Pediatric Antimicrobial Therapy, the third edition
written during the COVID-19 pandemic, which continues to significantly affect our lives and …

Objective To assess the utility of serum C-reactive protein (CRP) as a screen for occult
bacterial infection in children. Methods Febrile children ages 3 to 36 months who visited an …

Objectives To compare the diagnostic properties of procalcitonin (PCT), C reactive protein
(CRP), total white blood cells count (WBC), absolute neutrophil count (ANC) and clinical …

METHODS: We designed a retrospective review of the electronic medical records of all
blood cultures collected on children 3 to 36 months old at Kaiser Permanente Northern …

Objectives: The goal of this study was to identify the prevalence of occult bacteremia (OB) in
well‐appearing, previously healthy children aged 3 to 36 months who present to the …

Fever, one of the most common chief complaints of children seeking medical attention [1, 2],
prompted over 5 million emergency department (ED) visits in 2002 [3]. Most of these children …