Secondary bacteremia in rotavirus gastroenteritis.

The aim of the study was to determine the frequency of secondary bacteremia in children with rotavirus gastroenteritis and persistence or reemergence of fever. We identified 376 children with a mean of age of 14.2 ± 10.1 months. A significant pathogen was isolated from blood cultures in 5 patients [Enterococcus faecium (n = 1), Klebsiella spp (n = 1), Staphylococcus aureus (n = 1), Raoultella planticola (n = 1), Candida albicans (n = 1); 1.3%]. The frequency of secondary bacteremia in children with rotavirus gastroenteritis is low, but it should be considered when there is fever lasting >48 hours or reemergence of fever.