Prevalence of Serious Bacterial Infections Among Febrile Infants 90 Days or Younger in a Canadian Urban Pediatric Emergency Department During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Brett Burstein, Gregory Anderson, Alexandra Yannopoulos
Abstract
b a SBI IBI ED visits IBI indicates invasive bacterial infection; SBI, severe bacterial infection. a P < .001 for the proportion of patients with SBI during vs before the COVID-19 pandemic. b P = .005 for the proportion of patients with IBIs before vs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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MedicinePandemicEmergency departmentCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Emergency medicinePediatricsSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Internal medicineInfectious disease (medical specialty)DiseasePsychiatryPediatric Urology and Nephrology StudiesNeonatal Respiratory Health ResearchEmergency and Acute Care Studies