Evaluation
The AAP has guidelines for evaluation of first simple febrile seizure, and state that clinicians should work to identify the source of the fever when a child presents within 12 hours of a simple febrile seizure [45]. There have been recent US studies to suggest that the risk of bacterial meningitis presenting as a first simple FS is very low and that the above guidelines are not being strictly followed [46,47]. Alternatively, in countries with high prevalence of diseases, such as malaria, these guidelines for evaluation cannot be as easily followed. Children with malaria who develop fever frequently have complex FS, and it is often difficult to differentiate children with intracranial infection from those without [48].