Acute febrile illness: A stepwise approach for clinicians

ABSTRACT

Acute febrile illness (AFI) is a common clinical problem, and can be due to various causes. AFI without localizing featuresacute undifferentiated febrile illness is a diagnostic challenge. Knowledge about common infections present in that particular area will give a clue to the probable etiology. But because of variety of causes and atypical presentations diagnosis of AFI remains to be a great challenge. In this review we are describing a stepwise approach for the diagnosis and management of AFI which will be useful for the practicing clinicians