1581 Association of Tachycardia with Serious Bacterial Infection in young Children

Abstract

role of LP in the diagnosis of meningitis is crucial. Nisseria meningitidis type B is the leading cause of bacterial meningitis over the last decade. CSF leucocytes are better indicators of disease than white blood cells.CSF PCR testing is more sensitive than serum PCR in the diagnosis of disease and should be requested in all cases with suspected meningitis.

Needle in a haystack: How to identify the sick febrile child

“…13 Furthermore, Abbasi and Thopte demonstrated a negative predictive value of 95% for tachycardia alone as a predictor of serious bacterial infection. 14 We can conclude from this that tachycardia alone is important as a predictor for serious bacterial infection, and no adjustment for temperature has been proven to be reliable.…”