%0 Journal Article %T Fiebre sin foco infeccioso evidente en pacientes ingresados en un hospital pedi¨¢trico %A Lobaina Lafita %A Jos¨¦ Luis %A Arencibia Sosa %A Heriberto %J MEDISAN %D 2011 %I Centro Provincial de Ciencias M¨¦dicas %X a descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out to characterize from the clinical and epidemiological points of view 71 patients aged 3 to 36 months admitted to "dr. juan de la cruz mart¨ªnez maceira" northern children hospital of santiago de cuba due to fever without apparent infectious source during 2010. male sex (60,4 %), ages between 3 and 6 months (43,6 %), high temperature (62,0 %) and normal appearance (94,3 %) with 53,5 % leukocytosis and accelerated erythrocyte sedimentation rate in 67,5 % prevailed in our cases. children were basically discharged with diagnosis of hidden bacteriemia (25,3 %) after being treated predominantly with third-generation cephalosporins (50,6 %). %K infant %K child %K infectious source %K hidden bacteriemia %K cephalosporin %K children hospital. %U http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1029-30192011001000001&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en