There is a considerable overlap in the symptomatology of dengue with warning signs and severe dengue. More studies are required on the severity and type of response to treatment in infants and obese adoloscents with severe dengue.

Severe neurological complications are associated with falciparum malaria. We describe the case of an eight-year-old male child with severe falciparum malaria with high-level parasitemia and severe thrombocytopenia. There were features of abnormal gait, speech difficulty and altered behavior pattern during the recovery phase. This occurred even after receiving antimalarial therapy. MRI showed bilateral cerebellar atrophy.

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Objective: To identify the aetiology of children presenting with fever of unknown origin (FUO). were included. All children were subjected to detailed history, clinical examination and baseline investigations. Further investigations were done based on the presumptive diagnosis Results: Of the 3656 children admitted to the paediatric ward for various diseases during the study period, 24 fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Children between 12-18 years constituted the majority. Infections were the commonest cause of FUO (70.8%). Among them tuberculosis was the commonest (n=11). Mortality was 8.3% Conclusions:In our study, infections were the cause of FUO in 70.8% and tuberculosis was the commonest infectious cause.with fever documented by a health care provider for which a cause could not be identified after three weeks of evaluation as an outpatient or after one week of evaluation in a hospital 2 .

Objective: To establish the possible aetiology of febrile children presenting with thrombocytopenia.