Meanings of febrile children in English

Objectives: Follow-up compliance is critical in febrile children because they may harbor unrecognized life-threatening illnesses.

Results: A total of 749 febrile children were enrolled.

Objective: To explore factors associated with delay in seeking treatment outside the home for febrile children under five.

Few febrile children under 5 years of age were assessed for other diseases than malaria such as pneumonia.

The control group included age-matched febrile children admitted to the hospital with a variety of diseases mimicking KS.

Rapid diagnostic tests are needed for typhoid fever (TF) diagnosis in febrile children in endemic areas.

Methods and findings: A one-year prospective study of febrile children admitted to Angkor Hospital for Children, Siem Reap.

This study aimed to determine factors influencing prompt access to ACTs among febrile children in rural Kilosa, Tanzania.

The participants were febrile children aged 2-13 years presented at the outpatient department.

Less than half (44.8%) of febrile children were taken to government facilities.

Methods: This was a prospective, observational study of febrile children seen in 2 EDs with different systems for patient follow-up.

The objective of the present study was to evaluate the safety of withholding antimalarials in febrile children who have a negative test result.

Conclusions: Not giving antimalarial drugs in febrile children who had a negative RDTm result was safe, even in an area highly endemic for malaria.

Home treatment through mothers of febrile children supported by mother groups and local health workers has the potential to reduce malaria morbidity and mortality.

Objective: To collate all available evidence on the diagnostic value of laboratory tests for the diagnosis of serious infections in febrile children in ambulatory settings.

The proportion of Plasmodium falciparum-positive slides among febrile children at the hospital declined early in the decade, but no further reductions were observed after 2005.