| Title: | Febrile illness in high-risk children : a prospective, international observational study |
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| Authors: | ID Van der Velden, Fabian Johannes Stanislaus (Author)
ID De Vries, Gabriella (Author)
ID Martin, Alexander James (Author)
ID Lim, Emma (Author)
ID Von Both, Ulrich (Author)
ID Kolberg, Laura (Author)
ID Carrol, Enitan D (Author)
ID Khanijau, Aakash (Author)
ID Pokorn, Marko (Author)
ID Kolnik, Mojca (Research coworker)
ID Vincek, Katarina (Research coworker)
ID Plankar Srovin, Tina (Research coworker)
ID Bahovec, Natalija (Research coworker)
ID Prunk, Petra (Research coworker)
ID Osterman, Veronika (Research coworker)
ID Avramoska, Tanja (Research coworker), et al. |
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| Language: | English |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: |  UKC LJ - Ljubljana University Medical Centre
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| Abstract: | To assess and describe the aetiology and management of febrile illness in children with primary or acquired immunodeficiency at high risk of serious bacterial infection, as seen in emergency departments in tertiary hospitals. Prospective data on demographics, presenting features, investigations, microbiology, management, and outcome of patients within the 'Biomarker Validation in HR patients' database in PERFORM, were analysed. Immunocompromised children (< 18 years old) presented to fifteen European hospitals in nine countries, and one Gambian hospital, with fever or suspected infection and clinical indication for blood investigations. Febrile episodes were assigned clinical phenotypes using the validated PERFORM algorithm. Logistic regression was used to assess the effect size of predictive features of proven/presumed bacterial or viral infection. A total of 599 episodes in 482 children were analysed. Seventy-eight episodes (13.0%) were definite bacterial, 67 episodes probable bacterial (11.2%), and 29 bacterial syndrome (4.8%). Fifty-five were definite viral (9.2%), 49 probable viral (8.2%), and 23 viral syndrome (3.8%). One hundred ninety were unknown bacterial or viral infections (31.7%), and 108 had inflammatory or other non-infectious causes of fever (18.1%). Predictive features of proven/presumed bacterial infection were ill appearance (OR 3.1 (95% CI 2.1-4.6)) and HIV (OR 10.4 (95% CI 2.0-54.4)). Ill appearance reduced the odds of having a proven/presumed viral infection (OR 0.5 ( 95% CI 0.3-0.9)). A total of 82.1% had new empirical antibiotics started on admission (N = 492); 94.3% proven/presumed bacterial (N = 164), 66.1% proven/presumed viral (N = 84), and 93.2% unknown bacterial or viral infections (N = 177). Mortality was 1.9% (N = 11) and 87.1% made full recovery (N = 522). Conclusion: The aetiology of febrile illness in immunocompromised children is diverse. In one-third of cases, no cause for the fever will be identified. Justification for standard intravenous antibiotic treatment for every febrile immunocompromised child is debatable, yet effective. Better clinical decision-making tools and new biomarkers are needed for this population. |
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| Keywords: | immunocompromised, paediatric, children, fever, infection, antibiotics |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Year of publishing: | 2023 |
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| Number of pages: | str. 543-554 |
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| Numbering: | Vol. 182, issue 2 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DiRROS-24231  |
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| UDC: | 616-053.2 |
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| ISSN on article: | 1432-1076 |
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| DOI: | 10.1007/s00431-022-04642-1 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 243517955 |
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| Note: | Nasl. z nasl. zaslona;
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| Publication date in DiRROS: | 21.11.2025 |
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