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203 children admitted to emergency rooms at four university teaching hospitals during a single summer-fall…
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Enterovirus was associated with higher hospitalization in unexplained pediatric febrile illness; hypothesis-generating for PCR testing to guide care.
Enterovirus infection is a major cause of serious febrile illnesses in young children during summer-fall months, and PCR testing may help reduce unnecessary hospitalizations and antibiotic use.
Rotbart et al. (1999) studied this question.