pediatrics
Occult Bacteremia and Fever Without Apparent Source in Infants and Young Children
Children 3 to 36 months of age
 C) and no localizing abnormalities (ie, fever without a source) had occult bacteremia. In contrast, children > 36 months with bacteremia almost always looked ill and had an identifiable (ie, non-occult) focus of infection. The majority (80%) of occult bacteremia prior to routine conjugate immunization was caused by Streptococcal Infections . A smaller percentage (10%) was caused by Occult bacteremia is a concern because about 5 to 10% of the children develop serious bacterial infections (SBIs)—typically defined as Neonatal Sepsis , Currently in the US and Europe, routine vaccination of infants with polysaccharide conjugate vaccines against Pneumococcal Vaccine and 