Rates of Positive Blood, Urine, and Cerebrospinal Fluid Cultures in Children Younger Than 60 Days During the Vaccination Era - Concepedia

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Rates of Positive Blood, Urine, and Cerebrospinal Fluid Cultures in Children Younger Than 60 Days During the Vaccination Era

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2012

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Eric J. Morley, Jeff Lapoint, Linnea W. Roy, Richard M. Cantor, William D. Grant, William Paolo, Susan Wojcik

Pediatric Emergency Care

Abstract

Urinary tract infections due to E. coli are very common in this age group. The classic pathogens H. influenzae and S. pneumoniae were essentially nonexistent in this study possibly because of herd immunity obtained through current vaccination practices.