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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Emerg Care. 2019 Jan;35(1):22–27. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000001421

Table 1.

Characteristics of Infants ≤ 60 Days of Age with Bacteremia and Bacterial Meningitis

Characteristic Bacteremia (n=85) Meningitis (n=10)1
N (%) N (%)
Male 50 (58.8%) 5 (50.0%)
Race/Ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic White 36 (42.4) 2 (20.0)
 Non-Hispanic Black 16 (18.8) 2 (20.0)
 Hispanic 17 (20.0) 2 (20.0)
 Asian 4 (4.7) 0 (0)
 Other2 12 (14.1) 4 (40.0)
Documented temperature ≥ 38.0° C (100.4° F) 78 (91.8) 10 (100)
Age
0–6 days 8 (9.4) 2 (20.0)
7–14 days 23 (27.1) 2 (20.0)
15–21 days 8 (9.4) 4 (40.0)
22–28 days 11 (12.9) 1 (10.0)
29–60 days 35 (41.2) 1 (10.0)
1

Includes 6 infants with bacteremia

2

Other includes patients with Missing race/ethnicity in the Pediatric Health Information System database