Contaminant Organism Growth in Febrile Infants at Low Risk for Invasive Bacterial Infection.

Authors

Nidhi V Singh
Colleen K Gutman
Rebecca S Green
Amy D Thompson
Kathleen Jackson
Nabila C Kalari, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PAFollow
Samantha Lucrezia
Andrew Krack
Jacqueline B Corboy
Tabitha Cheng
Myto Duong
Ryan St Pierre-Hetz
Bolanle Akinsola
Jessica Kelly
Laura F Sartori
Xinyu Yan
Xiang Yang Lou
K Casey Lion
Rosemarie Fernandez
Paul L Aronson

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-2024

Abstract

In this multicenter, cross-sectional, secondary analysis of 4042 low-risk febrile infants, nearly 10% had a contaminated culture obtained during their evaluation (4.9% of blood cultures, 5.0% of urine cultures, and 1.8% of cerebrospinal fluid cultures). Our findings have important implications for improving sterile technique and reducing unnecessary cultures.

Publication Title

The Journal of pediatrics

Volume

267

First Page

113910

Last Page

113910

Recommended Citation

Singh, N., Gutman, C., Green, R., Thompson, A., Jackson, K., Kalari, N., Lucrezia, S., Krack, A., Corboy, J., Cheng, T., Duong, M., St Pierre-Hetz, R., Akinsola, B., Kelly, J., Sartori, L., Yan, X., Lou, X., Lion, K., Fernandez, R., & Aronson, P. (2024). Contaminant Organism Growth in Febrile Infants at Low Risk for Invasive Bacterial Infection.. The Journal of pediatrics, 267, 113910-113910. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2024.113910