Abstract
You see Luke, a 10-week old boy in the emergency department. He has been unsettled for the past 24 h in that has been vomiting and is not able to tolerate feeds. Today his temperature was 38 C at home and is 38.6 C in the department. You obtain intravenous access and send blood tests, including blood cultures. A clean catch urine sample is also collected and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) sent to the laboratory for analysis. The baby recovers well after 48 h IV antibiotics and completes a further 5 days treatment.
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