ABSTRACT
Forty three cases of Falciparum Malaria in children are reported to draw attention to the second resurgence of malaria since the start of the malaria eradication [currently control] programme in Pakistan. The clinical features, laboratory findings and response to treatment are discussed. Clinical features are varied but fever with anaemia, splenomegaly, dark coloured urine and meningeal or intracranial irritation signs are highly suggestive of falciparum malaria in children. The study has shown clinical resistance of plasmodium falciparum to amodiaquine, chloroquine and Fansidar a combination of chloroquine and pyrimethamine
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To study its value in the diagnosis of meningitis, levels of C-reactive protein were studied in 72 confirmed cases of meningitis. C-reactive protein levels were raised in 22.7% cases of septic meningitis and 25.8% of cases of bacterial meningitis. In five cases [22.7%] the test was false positive. This study did not show any definite value of C-reactive protein level in differentiating septic and tubercular meningitis