Study of otitis media and malaria among pyrexic attender of an under-fives clinic.
All 138 children attending two under-five clinics with a rectal temperature of 100 degrees F or over had their ears examined and a blood film taken for malaria parasites. Twenty-eight per cent were found to have otitis media and 37 per cent to have malaria. No symptom was found to be sufficiently discriminating for a diagnosis to be made on history alone in either condition.
D002675:Child, Preschool; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008288:Malaria / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009549:Nigeria; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*