PEDIATRICS Vol. 71 No. 1 January 1983, pp. 143-144
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Febrile Neonates

JERRI ANN JENISTA MD1 and MARILYN A. MENEGUS PHD2

1 Department of Pediatrics, Virus Diagnostic Laboratory, University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry, 601 Elmwood Ave, Rochester, NY 14642
2 Department of Microbiology, Virus Diagnostic Laboratory, University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry, 601 Elmwood Ave, Rochester, NY 14642

To the Editor.—

Voora et al1 report an interesting study of fever in the full-term newborn during the first four days of life. One percent of the infants had fever but only 0.1% had a proven bacterial etiology, an incidence similar to those reported.2 However, only one third of the febrile infants were studied for viral infection; no viruses were isolated although these data are difficult to interpret since there is no description of the culture techniques used.