Fever in haemodialysis patients is usually attributed to infection, with less frequent causes including malignancy and autoimmune disorders [1]. Sometimes, fever persists despite empirical treatment, and investigations towards the above mentioned diagnoses fail to reveal the cause. Thus, rarer aetiologies need to be considered, which may appear rather unexpected, especially in patients under pr...

One of the most important infectious diseases in the world is Malaria. About half of the world populations are exposed to the risk of the disease. The program for controlling and eradication of Malaria has been being conducted in our country since many years ago. One of the public health problems in the endemic and non-endemic countries is Imported Malaria which can ...

Pyrexia of unknown origin (PUO) is a common occurrence in developing countries and has a long list of known etiologies. Many isolated reports and case series suggest new causative factors for PUO. The present report tries to highlight a rare cause of this condition which has been scarcely documented in the literature. It also reinforces the basics of clinical management i.e., detailed clinical ...

THE first case of leptospirosis in Malaya was encountered by Fletcher in 1925, when he was investigating the' isolation of Rickettsice from cases of fever of unknown origin. Galloway (1926) described four icteric cases with a very severe clinical picture. Fletcher (1928) reported 32 cases investigated at Kuala Lumpur. Since then the disease has been recognized increasingly throughout the countr...

Fever of unknown origin has been defined as axillary temperature higher than 37.8 degrees C on several occasions, persisting without diagnosis for at least 3 weeks in spite of at least 1 week's investigation in hospital. Lately, the definition has been modified and extended to reflect evolutionary changes in clinical practice. In response to this new evolving environment, cases of fever of unkn...