Abstract

LOBAINA LAFITA, José Luis  and  ARENCIBIA SOSA, Heriberto. Fever without apparent infectious source in patients admitted to a children hospital. MEDISAN [online]. 2011, vol.15, n.10, pp. 1341-1347. ISSN 1029-3019.

A descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out to characterize from the clinical and epidemiological points of view 71 patients aged 3 to 36 months admitted to "Dr. Juan de la Cruz Martínez Maceira" Northern Children Hospital of Santiago de Cuba due to fever without apparent infectious source during 2010. Male sex (60,4 %), ages between 3 and 6 months (43,6 %), high temperature (62,0 %) and normal appearance (94,3 %) with 53,5 % leukocytosis and accelerated erythrocyte sedimentation rate in 67,5 % prevailed in our cases. Children were basically discharged with diagnosis of hidden bacteriemia (25,3 %) after being treated predominantly with third-generation cephalosporins (50,6 %).

Keywords : infant; child; infectious source; hidden bacteriemia; cephalosporin; children hospital.

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