A male child about a year and quarter old Vas brought to the dispensary on the morning ?\4th July, 1938, for the treatment of high fever Wlt^ unconsciousness for the last six days. Previous history.?The child had been quite n?rrnal and healthy since its birth and on the ?Vening of 28th June, 1938, it suddenly got high ^ver with vomiting, convulsions and epistaxis. ?nsciousness was soon lost and...

A 7 year-old male presented with recurrent fever, cough and respiratory distress for over last 2 years. Based on extremely high eosinophil count, high Immunoglobulin E, increase in eosinophilic precursors in bone marrow, and positive antigen test for Wuchereria bancrofti, a diagnosis of Tropical Pulmonary Eosinophilia with Eosinophilic Leukemoid Reaction was made. Complete recovery was achieved...

We report a child with typhoid glomerulonephritis who presented with fever, gastrointestinal symptoms, edema, hypertension and abnormal urine findings including microscopic hematuria and proteinuria. Salmonella typhi resistant to ampicillin and cotrimoxazole was isolated from a blood culture. Renal biopsy was not performed. The child successfully treated with ceftriaxone.

Parainfluenza virus type 3 has been isolated from the cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) from six individuals—four children and two adults—over a 10-year period. All had fever, and four had signs of meningitis. All recovered uneventfully, including one child undergoing chemotherapy for medulloblastoma. The clinical presentation of this child who developed parainfluenza virus type 3 meningitis is descr...

BACKGROUND Fever is a common reason for seeking medical attention, with febrile illnesses accounting for 10% to 20% of pediatric visits to emergency departments. A history of fever or presence of fever by palpation or measured temperature is required on the Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI) algorithms as a reason for the assessment of fever, which will lead to specific classif...

History.?A Hindu male child, aged 20 months, was admitted into the children's ward of the King George Hospital, Vizagapatam, with a swelling of two months' duration in the upper part of the abdomen. The child was healthy and active till the end of the 18th month, after which it had fever for about a fortnight and the mother noticed that the upper part of the right side of the abdomen was promin...