TY  - JOUR
T1  - OCcult bacteremia in children with simple febrile seizures
AU  - TORPHY DE
Y1  - 1989/03/01
N1  - 10.1001/archpedi.1989.02150150023008
JO  - American Journal of Diseases of Children
SP  - 273
EP  - 273
VL  - 143
IS  - 3
N2  - Sir.—The association of bacteremia and febrile seizures described by Chamberlain and Gorman1 in a recent AJDC article has been recognized at least since 1967, when two of three patients with pneumococcal bacteremia described by Belsey2 presented with seizures. Five of 11 children with occult pneumococcal bacteremia described in 19703 presented with seizures, and all had sterile cerebrospinal fluid. As Chamberlain and Gorman point out, obtaining blood cultures should always be considered for children with febrile seizures.We should recall that children with pneumococcal bacteremia, with or without seizures, who have sterile cerebrospinal fluid initially may go on to develop meningitis, while receiving oral or even parenteral antibiotics.2
SN  - 0002-922X
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archpedi.1989.02150150023008
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1989.02150150023008
ER  -