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. 2010 Feb;11(1):60–67.

Table 2.

Details of infants with a positive outcome.

ID AGE RSV Sex Blood Culture Urine WBC units Urine Culture CSF WBC units Classification for Analysis Comments
7 43 days + M Coag neg staphylococcus 9 Klebsiella coag neg staphyloccus E. faecalis 0 EDSS −
SBI −
Clinician considered blood culture significant and treated but analyzed as negative.
2 19 days - M Coag neg staphylococcus 1 No growth 12 EDSS −
SBI −
Treated initially as meningitis. CSF Protein 93 but analyzed as negative
3 23 days + F none 0 Gamma hemolytic streptococcus 0 EDSS −
SBI −
Febrile. Considered a real SBI by the treating clinician but analyzed as negative.
4 27 days - F none 51 No growth 0 EDSS +
SBI −
5 35 days - F none 405 E.coli 0 EDSS +
SBI +
6 43 days + M Group B streptococcus Not done No growth 0 EDSS–
SBI +
1 13 days - M None 0 Contaminant 40 EDSS +
SBI −
CSF culture negative. Analyzed as EDSS only +
8 48 days - M none 2 Klebsiella pneumoniae 0 EDSS −
SBI+
SBI positive urine culture. Subsequently had two more UTIs.
9 51 days - M none 46 Candida glabrata 0 EDSS+
SBI+
C. glabrata considered significant by clinician.
10 59 days - F none 12 Not done 0 EDSS+
SBI−
11 56 days - M none 5 E.coli 0 EDSS −
SBI+
SBI Positive urine culture.
12 87 days + F Coag neg staphylococcus 21 Coag neg staphyloccus 0 EDSS+ SBI− Clinician considered cultures significant and treated but analyzed as EDSS + SBI−
13 4 months 12 days - M Not Done 12 Not done 0 EDSS+
SBI−
14 7 months 3 days - F Staphylococcus aureus Not done Not done 0 EDSS −
SBI +

RSV, Respiratory Syncytial Virus; WBC, white blood count; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; EDSS, emergency department septic screening; SBI, serious bacterial infection.