Is Fever a Red Flag for Bacterial Pneumonia in Children With Viral Bronchiolitis?

• Main Authors: Dominique Elmore DO (Author), Balfaqih Yaslam MD (Author), Krista Putty MD (Author), Thomas Magrane MSIII (Author), Anthony Abadir MSIII (Author), Saloni Bhatt MD (Author), Marie Frazier MD (Author), Susan Flesher MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We hypothesized that fever in children with viral bronchiolitis indicates the need for consideration of superimposed bacterial pneumonia. We conducted a retrospective study of 349 children aged 2 years and younger with diagnoses of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and viral upper respiratory infect...