Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 72, Issue 10 , Pages 521-526 , October 2009

A Model for Predicting Risk of Serious Bacterial Infection in Febrile Infants Younger Than 3 Months of Age

  • Chun-Jen Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Chun-Jen Chen and Yu-Fang Lo contributed equally to this work.
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  • Yu-Fang Lo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Cheng Hsin Rehabilitation Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Chun-Jen Chen and Yu-Fang Lo contributed equally to this work.
    • ,
  • Miao-Chiu Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Ruey-Lung Chung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Ren-Bin Tang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Keh-Gong Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Keh-Gong Wu, Department of Pediatrics, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Received 20 May 2009 ,Accepted 23 September 2009.

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PII: S1726-4901(09)70421-6

doi: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70421-6

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 72, Issue 10 , Pages 521-526 , October 2009

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