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Step-by-Step Approach to Febrile Infants

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<p>Identifies febrile infants &le;90 days old at low risk of invasive bacterial infections.</p>

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The Step by Step Approach to Febrile Infants identifies low-risk febrile infants, perhaps better than the Rochester criteria.

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