Typhoid fever is one of the few bacterial infections in humans where bone marrow evaluation is routinely recommended. However, the morphological aspect of typhoid fever in bone marrow has been rarely described in the literature. We describe a 25-year-old male patient who presented with prolonged fever suspected to be of tubercular etiology. Bone marrow examination showed well-formed histiocytic...

Background Availability of ART for the last one decade has changed the pattern of morbidity among HIV infected patients. Researchers from Christian Medical College Vellore had developed an algorithm for evaluation of prolonged fever in the pre HAART era in India. The purpose of this study was to assess utility of this algorithm in the current HAART era to identify causes of prolonged fever and ...

churg-strauss syndrome (css) is a granulomatous small vessel vasculitis . it is characterized by asthma, allergic granulomatosis and vasculitis . this syndrome is rare in children. a 5 years old boy was admitted with cough, fever and dyspnea for 2 weeks. on the basis of  laboratory data (peripheral eosinophilia), associated with skin biopsy, and history of css in his sister, this disease was ev...

INTRODUCTION Although dengue management guidelines do not advice on use of antibiotics in dengue shock syndrome, unrecognised bactraemia is likely to contribute to morbidity and mortality. OBJECTIVES To assess the occurance of secondary bacteraemia in adult patients with prolonged dengue fever. METHODS A prospective study was conducted recruiting patients with confirmed acute dengue infecti...

A 3 year old girl with hepatosplenic cat scratch disease developed prolonged fever unresponsive to treatment with multiple antibiotics, including gentamicin, azithromycin, rifampin, and ciprofloxacin. Fever resolved with corticosteroid treatment.