Table 1

Diagnoses in children presenting with fever and a rash but without MCD

DiagnosisFrequencyPercentage
Abscess1 2.3
Burns12.3
Febrile fit12.3
Giardiasis12.3
Lower respiratory tract infection24.5
Pneumonia12.3
Pyrexia of unknown origin613.6
Rash, cause unknown511.4
Rotavirus infection12.3
Staphylococcal infection12.3
Upper respiratory tract infection715.9
Urticaria12.3
Vasculitis12.3
Presumed viral illness 1534.1
Total44100