Fiebre sin foco infeccioso evidente en pacientes ingresados en un hospital pediátrico

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 martínez 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 %).