Clinical features

Number

Percentage (%)

Initial symptoms

Fever

12

100

Cough

10

83.3

Chest pain

5

41.7

Bone pains

3

25

Weakness

4

33.3

Abdominal pains

3

25

Vomiting

2

16.7

Wheeze

2

16.7

Clinical signs

Anaemia

11

91.7

Jaundice

5

41.7

Haemoglobinuria

1

8.3

Respiratory distress

12

100

Bone tenderness

2

16.7

Rhonchi

2

16.7

Chest X-ray findings

Lobar consolidation

4

33.3

Diffuse consolidation

8

66.7

Malarial parasitaemia

Negative

2

16.7

Positive

10

83.3