Aetiologies of acute undifferentiated febrile illness at the emergency ward of the University of Gondar Hospital, Ethiopia.

Objective: Causes of acute febrile illness (AFI) often remain undetermined in developing countries, due to overlap of symptoms and limited available diagnostics. We aimed to assess the aetiology of AFI in adults in a referral hospital in northwest Ethiopia.

Methods: While all participants were tested for malaria by rapid diagnostic test (RDT), microscopy was only done on physician's request.

Evaluation of C-reactive protein and myxovirus resistance protein A to guide the rational use of antibiotics among acute febrile adult patients in Northwest Ethiopia.

Objectives: In low-resource settings, treatment is often given empirically without knowledge of the aetiology due to a lack of diagnostics. In the search for reliable rapid tests to guide treatment work-up, this study was performed to determine whether two biomarkers could differentiate bacterial from non-bacterial infections in acute febrile patients.

Methods: Adults with acute fever were recruited at a referral hospital in Ethiopia.