TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Neonatal Fever
A1  - Aronson, Paul L.
A1  - Neuman, Mark I.
A2  - Shah, Samir S.
A2  - Kemper, Alex R.
A2  - Ratner, Adam J.
PY  - 2019
T2  - Pediatric Infectious Diseases: Essentials for Practice, 2e
AB  - Fever  is  often  the  only  clinical  sign  of  an  underlying  serious  infection  in  young  infants,  particularly  those  in  the  first  few  months  of  life.  This  chapter  focuses  on  febrile  infants  60  days  of  age  or  younger.  Although  most  well-appearing  febrile  infants  in  this  age  group  have  a  benign,  self-limited  illness,  approximately  10%  have  a  serious  bacterial  infection  (SBI)  with  reported  rates  as  high  as  15–20%  in  neonates  ≤28  days  of  age.1–6  While  urinary  tract  infections  (UTIs)  constitute  a  majority  of  SBIs,  1–3%  will  have  bacteremia  and/or  bacterial  meningitis,1–5  termed  invasive  bacterial  infection  (IBI).7  Thus,  fever  is  an  important  sign  for  identifying  infants  who  require  timely  evaluation  and  treatment.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1157323282
ER  -