Hot Topics in Pediatric Infectious Diseases - Duke Pediatrics Intranet

What we found…• Occult bacteremia rate from S. pneumo dropped100% from 2.8% to 0% between the pre- andpost-PCV7 period• False positive cultures still make up 4-5% of allculture results– All these patients get phone calls, some come to EDfor follow up• Half of all FWLS kids received antibiotics!