Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 49, Issue 6 , Pages 772-777, June 2007

Pneumococcal Bacteremia in Febrile Infants Presenting to the Emergency Department Before and After the Introduction of the Heptavalent Pneumococcal Vaccine

Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine annual meeting, May 2004, Orlando, FL.

  • Keri L. Carstairs, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Keri L. Carstairs, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Naval Medical Center San Diego, 34-800 Bob Wilson Drive, San Diego, CA 92134-5000; 619-532-8276, fax 619-532-5307
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  • David A. Tanen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, CA
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  • Andrew S. Johnson, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, CA
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  • Steven B. Kailes, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, CA
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  • Robert H. Riffenburgh, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Investigators Department, Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, CA.

Received 12 January 2006; received in revised form 25 March 2006 and 22 September 2006; accepted 31 October 2006. published online 10 March 2007.

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 Supervising editor: David M. Jaffe, MDAuthor contributions: KLC, DAT, and ASJ conceived and designed the study and obtained research approval. KLC and DAT supervised the conduct of the trial and data collection. KLC, DAT, and SBK performed data collection. ASJ and RHR provided statistical advice on study design and analyzed the data. KLC drafted the article, and all authors contributed substantially to its revision. KLC takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.Funding and support: This study was supported by the Clinical Investigations Department of Naval Medical Center San Diego, CA. The study received no outside funding or support.The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Navy, Department of Defense, or the United States government.Publication dates: Available online March 6, 2007.Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(06)02537-6

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.10.026

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 49, Issue 6 , Pages 772-777, June 2007

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