TABLE 3.

Febrile Infants ≤60 Days Old With Positive Urinalysis Results and Bacterial Meningitis

Age, d	High-Risk PMH, Yes or Noa	Ill Appearance, Yes or No	Peripheral WBC	CSF WBCb	Urine Culture	Blood Culture	CSF Culture
4	No	No	3950	Not done	E coli	E coli	E coli
11	No	No	10 400	473	E coli	E coli	E coli
11	No	No	15 350	2638	No growth	No growth	L monocytogenes
15	No	Yes	12 000	53	S aureus	S aureus	S aureus
21	No	Yes	1800	4008	No growth	No growth	GBS
25	No	No	9670	91	Klebsiella pneumoniae	K pneumoniae	No growthc
26	No	No	11 450	Not done	E colid	No growth	E coli
31	No	No	17 800	71	E coli	E coli	No growthc
39	No	No	14 800e	102e	No growth	E coli	No growthc
40	No	Yes	6900	2908	No growth	No growth	GBS
43	Yes	Yes	4310	294	No growth	S pneumoniae	S pneumoniae
46	No	Yes	3300	33	No growth	GBS	GBS
53	Yesf	No	24 000	3811	No growth	No growth	P aeruginosa
54	No	Yes	4500	4680	No growth	No growth	N meningitidis

^aPresence of gestational age <37 wk, chronic medical condition, or antimicrobial receipt in preceding 72 h.

^bUncorrected CSF WBC.

^cCSF culture obtained >11 h after antibiotics administered; treated as bacterial meningitis.

^d<10 000 CFUs/mL.

^eObtained on return visit to the ED within 24 h of initial visit; infant on cefdinir.

^fInfant with ventriculo-peritoneal shunt.