Performance of blood enterovirus and parechovirus polymerase chain reaction testing in young febrile infants: a prospective multicentre observational study.

José Antonio Alonso-Cadenas Roberto Velasco ZunigaNuria Clerigué ArrietaJone Amasorrain UrrutiaMaria Suarez-Bustamante HuélamoSantiago MintegiBorja Gomez

Published in: Archives of disease in childhood (2024)

Young febrile infants with a positive blood ev-PCR are at a low risk of having an IBI. Incorporating the blood ev-PCR test into clinical decision-making may help to reduce the duration of antibiotic treatments and length of hospital stay.

Keyphrases

decision making
healthcare
urinary tract infection
emergency department
cross sectional
real time pcr
chemotherapy induced