Causes of fever in outpatient Tanzanian children [2]

摘要

to the editor: D'Acremont et al. used extensive investigations to reveal the diverse microbiologic ecology of febrile illness among Tanzanian children. In the same issue of the Journal, Maitland's editorial takes a developing-world perspective.1 We believe both viewpoints are equally relevant to well-resourced settings in which the use of readily available new diagnostics is often guided by scarce clinical evidence. In a U.S. setting, viral polymerase-chain-reaction (PCR) assay identified at least one virus in 76% of febrile children but also notably in 35% of afebrile children.