Opportunities and challenges to accurate diagnosis and management of acute febrile illness in adults and adolescents: A review

BS Grundy, ER Houpt - Acta tropica, 2022 - Elsevier
Acute febrile illnesses are common reasons to seek healthcare globally. They can be
caused by diverse infectious diseases which require complex diagnostics. Current clinical …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring Acute Febrile Illness in Children: Clinical Characteristics and Diagnostic Challenges

G Darishetty, V Kompally, VUV Nagajyothi… - Cureus, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Pediatric febrile illnesses are a major cause of hospital admissions and are
often associated with significant morbidity and mortality. These illnesses pose a diagnostic …

Challenges in the etiology and diagnosis of acute febrile illness in children in low-and middle-income countries

PY Iroh Tam, SK Obaro, G Storch - Journal of the Pediatric …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Acute febrile illness is a common cause of hospital admission, and its associated infectious
causes contribute to substantial morbidity and death among children worldwide, especially …

Clinical presentations, diagnostics, treatments and treatment costs of children and adults with febrile illness in a tertiary referral hospital in south-eastern Guinea: A …

M Raab, LM Pfadenhauer, D Doumbouya, G Froeschl - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Febrile illness is frequent among patients in the tropics. It is caused by a wide
variety of common diseases such as malaria or gastrointestinal infections but also by less …

[HTML][HTML] Reducing uncertainty for acute febrile illness in resource-limited settings: the current diagnostic landscape

ML Robinson, YC Manabe - The American journal of tropical …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Diagnosing the cause of acute febrile illness in resource-limited settings is important—to
give the correct antimicrobials to patients who need them, to prevent unnecessary …

Impact of a package of diagnostic tools, clinical algorithm, and training and communication on outpatient acute fever case management in low-and middle-income …

O Salami, P Horgan, CE Moore, A Giri, A Sserwanga… - Trials, 2020 - Springer
Background The management of acute febrile illnesses places a heavy burden on clinical
services in many low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). Bacterial and viral aetiologies …

Etiology of non-malarial febrile illnesses in ugandan children

J Hsu, P Rosenthal, T Ruel, M Kyohere, S Nakielny… - 2018 - publications.aap.org
Background: Optimizing the management of children presenting with fever is a challenge for
health care providers in Africa. While fevers are commonly attributed to malaria, most fevers …

Clinical management and outcomes of acute febrile illness in children attending a tertiary hospital in southern Ethiopia

T Shimelis, S Vaz Nery, BT Tadesse, AW Bartlett… - BMC Infectious …, 2022 - Springer
Background The management of febrile illnesses is challenging in settings where diagnostic
laboratory facilities are limited, and there are few published longitudinal data on children …

A randomized trial to assess the impact of a package of diagnostic tools and diagnostic algorithm on antibiotic prescriptions for the management of febrile illnesses …

F Kiemde, D Valia, B Kabore… - Clinical Infectious …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Low-and middle-income countries face significant challenges in differentiating
bacterial from viral causes of febrile illnesses, leading to inappropriate use of antibiotics …

Febrile illness in adolescents and adults

J Crump, P Newton, S Baird, Y Lubell - 2017 - ora.ox.ac.uk
Fever is one of the most common symptoms reported by patients seeking health care in low-
resource areas in the tropics, where it may occur either in isolation or in association with …