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Background: Identifying clinical outcome of Febrile thrombocytopenia from acute febrile illness. Acute fever with thrombocytopenia is a common problem with increased mortality and morbidity if not diagnosed and treated properly in time. Usually in conditions commonly caused by infection like malaria, dengue, enteric fever and septicaemia. It is necessary to know the cause, which will be useful to give proper treatment to patients. Aims and Objective: To study the clinical outcome of acute febrile illness with thrombocytopenia. Methods: This is Hospital based Longitudinal study was conducted on 438 patients who present acute febrile illness with thrombocytopenia and were admitted in Tertiary care hospital Mumbai from June 2012 to May 2013. Result: acute febrile illness with thrombocytopenia affected all age groups but majority of 161 patients in the age group 25 - 40 years. Malaria was the commonest cause (34.9%) as compared to dengue (8.4%). Conclusion: Outcome depends on the underlying cause of fever, early diagnosis and treatment.