Convulsions with Fever of Acute Onset in School-age Children in Benin City, Nigeria

Summary Of 92 school-age children who had convulsions with fever (CWF) of acute onset, seen in a 1-year period in an emergency room in Benin City, Nigeria, 49 per cent had malaria parasitaemia, 15 per cent bacterial meningitis, 8 per cent focal extracranial infections, and 1 per cent bacteraemia whi...

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Published in:Journal of tropical pediatrics (1980) 1993-10, Vol.39 (5), p.309-311
Main Authors: Akpede, G. O., Sykes, R. M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Age Factors
Animals
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child Welfare
Female
Headache. Facial pains. Syncopes. Epilepsia. Intracranial hypertension. Brain oedema. Cerebral palsy
Humans
Malaria - diagnosis
Malaria - epidemiology
Malaria - parasitology
Male
Medical sciences
Meningitis, Bacterial - diagnosis
Meningitis, Bacterial - microbiology
Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes)
Neurology
Nigeria - epidemiology
Plasmodium falciparum - isolation & purification
Seizures, Febrile - diagnosis
Seizures, Febrile - epidemiology
Seizures, Febrile - parasitology
Tropical medicine
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Summary:Summary Of 92 school-age children who had convulsions with fever (CWF) of acute onset, seen in a 1-year period in an emergency room in Benin City, Nigeria, 49 per cent had malaria parasitaemia, 15 per cent bacterial meningitis, 8 per cent focal extracranial infections, and 1 per cent bacteraemia while 27 per cent had acute fever of undetermined origin. The prevalence of meningitis increased with presence of temperature ≥40°C (P
ISSN:0142-6338
1465-3664
DOI:10.1093/tropej/39.5.309