Aetiology Preferences

Most respondents would find a generic bacterial test useful even without Gram-positive versus Gram-negative differentiation. Generic inflammatory testing was considered useful for clinicians diagnosing children where Kawasaki disease was on the differential, especially alongside a Kawasaki disease-specific test. The study found no evidence of bacterial test preference differences across emergency status, training status, experience level, or work setting. Sample sizes were too small to support subgroup analyses of inflammatory test preferences. Evidence of a difference between Greek and non-Greek respondents was not confirmed in a combined ordinal regression model.