Routine Cerebrospinal Fluid Enterovirus Polymerase Chain Reaction Testing Reduces Hospitalization and Antibiotic Use for Infants 90 Days of Age or Younger
- 1 September 2007
- journal article
- Published by American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in Pediatrics
- Vol. 120 (3) , 489-496
- https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2007-0252
Abstract
OBJECTIVE. The goal was to evaluate the impact of cerebrospinal fluid enterovirus polymerase chain reaction testing on the length of hospitalization and the duration of antibiotic use for infants ≤90 days of age with suspected aseptic meningitis.Keywords
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