RT Book, Section
A1 Avner, Jeffrey R.
A2 Shah, Samir S.
SR Print(0)
ID 6910956
T1 Chapter 51. Neonatal Fever
T2 Pediatric Practice: Infectious Disease
YR 2009
FD 2009
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-148924-9
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6910956
RD 2024/04/20
AB Fever  in  a  young  infant  is  often  the  only  clinical  sign  of  an  underlying  serious  infection.  This  is  particularly  true  for  infants  younger  than  2–3  months,  since  they  lack  many  of  the  clinical  signs  typically  used  by  clinicians  to  judge  general  appearance.  Although  most  well-appearing  febrile  infants  in  this  age  group  have  a  benign;  self-limited  illness,  as  many  as  10%  have  serious  bacterial  illness,  including  3%  with  bacteremia  and  bacterial  meningitis.1–9  Thus,  fever  is  an  important  symptom  for  identifying  infants  who  need  immediate  evaluation  and  treatment.