Infectious causes associated with febrile seizure in children

ABSTRACT

To establish the infectious cause associated with the increase in temperature in patient with febrile convulsion admitted to the Prince Hashim Hospital and its association with the season, Retrospective study, including all children hospitalized with the diagnosis of febrile convulsion during period of two years from February 2007 to February 2009. We included 88 patients. Infectious diarrhea was the most important cause of fever [43%] followed by acute pharyngitis [36%] and bronchopneumonia [5%]. Less common causes such as cellulitis, urinary tract infection and post-vaccination reactions were associated in a small number of cases. In our study, winter time is more commonly associated with infectious disease outbreaks of gastrointestinal and respiratory infections [42%], followed by summer season [24%]. Gastrointestinal and upper respiratory tract infections were the most common causes of elevated temperature and subsequent febrile seizure. The epidemics of respiratory and diarrheal infections in winter season result in increasing the incidence of this disease