Diagnostic Stewardship in the Evaluation of a Child With a Potential Central Nervous System Infection

Affiliations

¹ From the Leiden University Medical Center; Leiden, The Netherlands.
² Department of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

Case Reports

Lotte C Heideman et al. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2024.

. 2024 Jun 1;43(6):e204-e206.

doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000004304. Epub 2024 Feb 29.

¹ From the Leiden University Medical Center; Leiden, The Netherlands.
² Department of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no funding or conflicts of interest to disclose.

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