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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 4.

Febrile Infants ≤ 60 Days of Age with Bacteremia/Bacterial Meningitis Meeting Low-Risk Rochester Criteria (n=6)

Age (days) Urinalysis WBC Peripheral WBC Absolute Band Count CSF WBC Urine culture Blood culture CSF culture ED discharge1
3 3–5 8,610 Not reported2 35 No growth Enterococcus No growth No
12 6–10 13,800 Not reported2 3 Enterococcus5 Klebsiella No growth No
14 2–5 13,400 Not reported2 17 E. Coli E. Coli No growth No
19 0–5 6,900 1,035 1,385 No growth Paenibacillus Paenibacillus No
53 Not reported 7,540 N/A3 14 No growth S. pneumoniae No growth4 Yes
56 0–5 11,100 1,221 804 No growth GBS No growth4 Yes
1

Discharge from ED on initial visit

2

Hospital includes band count on CBC; no bands reported on automated differential

3

Band count not included on CBC at this hospital

4

Obtained on index visit

5

<10,000 CFU/ml, treated as a contaminant

Abbreviations: WBC, White Blood Cell; CSF, Cerebrospinal Fluid; ED, Emergency Department