Malaria as a cause of prolonged fever among children in Mansoura fever hospital.
Prolonged fever represents a diagnostic dilemma in small age group. Little attention was given as regard parasitic infections and prolonged fever. The objective of this study was to throw some light upon the role of malaria infection as a cause of prolonged fever. The study revealed malaria by blood film in 5 out of 129 children by IFA test 8 patients were seropositive intermittent fever was the main symptom of presentation.
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, A.R. Egypt.
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004534:Egypt; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008288:Malaria / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D010507:Periodicity