RT Journal
A1 Antonow JA, Byington CL
T1 USe of respiratory syncytial virus testing could safely eliminate many sepsis evaluations
JF Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
JO Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
YR 1999
FD December 1
VO 153
IS 12
SP 1309
OP 1310
DO 
UL http://dx.doi.org/
AB 
Our study of 282 hospitalized infants aged 60 days or younger with bronchiolitis included 140 with sepsis evaluations performed (which we defined as cultures of blood, urine, and cerebrospinal fluid with initiation of parenteral antibiotics). There were 5 infants with SBI. Even though 142 infants did not have cultures obtained, they were observed in the hospital an average of 3.4 days; review of their medical records did not reveal undetected SBI or readmissions for missed SBI. We included them in the denominator for an SBI rate of 1.8% (5/282).