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We evaluated electroencephalography (EEG) as a biomarker to differentiate the microbiologic etiology of pediatric febrile coma at a major referral center in Malawi.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This was a retrospective case-control study comparing EEG recordings of Malawian children with cerebral malaria to those with febrile coma of nonmalarial cause (bacterial meningitis, viral encephalitis, or unknown cause). Participants were admitted to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (Blantyre, Malawi) between 2013 and 2021. Inclusion criteria were fever, coma (Blantyre Coma Score \u22642), and coma etiology (malarial or nonmalarial) defined by laboratory testing. Four supervised machine learning algorithms were used to train a balanced ensemble classifier, SuperLearner, generating test characteristics of the diagnostic ability of EEG features.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Two hundred three children with cerebral malaria and 87 children with nonmalarial coma were included. Univariate analysis of qualitative (visual) EEG interpretations revealed higher voltage, slower background frequency, more sleep elements, less variability, more abnormal organization, and less continuity in cerebral malaria. Quantitative waveform analysis showed greater power in cerebral malaria. Both quantitative and qualitative EEG interpretation distinguished coma etiology (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve [AUROC] = 0.85 and 0.86, respectively). Combining qualitative and quantitative interpretation methods, the test characteristic improved (AUROC = 0.90).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>EEG features distinguish malarial from nonmalarial coma in febrile Malawian children. This technology may aid in distinguishing the microbiologic etiology of febrile coma in malaria-endemic areas.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/cid\/ciaf316","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,13]],"date-time":"2025-06-13T07:46:51Z","timestamp":1749800811000},"page":"766-775","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Electroencephalogram Features Distinguish Cases of Cerebral Malaria Among Malawian Children With Fever and Coma"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"81","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2395-5147","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alexander","family":"Andrews","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Neurology, The George Washington University\/Children's National Hospital , Washington D.C. ,","place":["USA"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6382-8479","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Dana 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