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The odds of secondary meningitis for early effective antibiotic therapy versus delayed antibiotic therapy were compared using an adjusted logistic regression model. The odds of secondary meningitis following GBS BSI were compared for infections treated with empirical vancomycin versus \u03b2-lactam antibiotic.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Secondary meningitis was identified in 11% of 5,967 BSI. Early effective antibiotic therapy was not associated with a reduced odds of secondary meningitis for GBS (adjusted odds ratio [aOR]: 1.17; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.82\u20131.66) or E. coli (aOR: 1.06; 95% CI: 0.82\u20131.38); however, was associated with decreased odds for non-E. coli gram-negative bacteria (aOR: 0.69; 95% CI: 0.49\u20130.98) and S. aureus (aOR: 0.51; 95% CI: 0.34\u20130.74). GBS BSIs were more often complicated by meningitis when vancomycin was used empirically compared with \u03b2-lactam antibiotic (aOR: 2.01; 95% CI: 1.28\u20133.14).<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Early effective antibiotic therapy for BSI in infants did not reduce the odds of secondary meningitis caused by GBS or E. coli; however, early effective antibiotic therapy did reduce episodes due to non-E. coli gram-negative bacteria and S. aureus.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/a-2568-7085","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,3,28]],"date-time":"2025-03-28T19:55:13Z","timestamp":1743191713000},"page":"2169-2175","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Early Effective Antibiotic Therapy and Meningitis following a Bloodstream Infection in Hospitalized Infants: A Cohort Study"],"prefix":"10.1055","volume":"42","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8765-2065","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jessica E.","family":"Ericson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4156-8543","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Rachel G.","family":"Greenberg","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina"},{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"P. 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