Factors associated with afebrile presentation and delayed defervescence of bacterial meningitis in children under 3 years of age: a multi-centre retrospective analysis

• Main Authors: Lin He (Author), Haijing Li (Author), Zhigang Zhang (Author), Hejia Ge (Author), Hongwei Wang (Author), Mengquan Zhu (Author), Zhiwei Xu (Author), Jiening Zhang (Author), Sheng Fang (Author), Chuanze Hu (Author), Lijun Qian (Author), Huifang Xu (Author), Yinna Yao (Author), Shengfu Yuan (Author), Jiajun Zhu (Author), Chaosheng Lu (Author), Jishan Zheng (Author), Junsheng Li (Author), Qi Jiang (Author), Huiqing Xu (Author), Lihua Chen (Author), Shiqiang Shang (Author), Yinghu Chen (Author)
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• Published: BMC, 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background This multi-center study aimed to identify factors affecting fever and delayed defervescence in bacterial meningitis (BM) patients under 3 years of age because of the variability of fever in this patient population. Methods Only BM patients under 3 years treated at 49 centers in C...