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Diagnostic Challenges in Pediatric Fever of Unknown Origin: Combined Role of Ferritin and Fever Duration [PDF]
ChildrenBackground: Fever of unknown origin (FUO) in children remains a diagnostic challenge due to heterogeneous etiologies. This study investigated the etiological distribution, long-term outcomes of undefined cases, and laboratory predictors that ...
Pınar Önal +11 more
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Vnitřní lékařství, 2021 Fever of unknown origin is a rare clinical syndrome, that represents a significant diagnostic challenge. There have been described more than 200 potential diseases, that can manifest as a fever of unknown origin. These are classically divided into following categories: infections, non-infectious inflammatory diseases, malignancies, and other ...
Vyacheslav, Grebenyuk +11 more
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Peritoneal tuberculosis in two young immigrants with fever of unknown origin [PDF]
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Brenninkmeijer, B.J. +2 more
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Clinical Medicine, 2008 There are many potential causes of FUO. Most cases are due to unusual presentations of common diseases rather than rare or exotic diseases. The key to establishing the diagnosis is a careful history and careful repeated examinations followed by targeted investigations.
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Seminars in Nuclear Medicine, 2009 Fever of unknown origin (FUO) often is defined as a fever greater than 38.3 degrees C on several occasions during at least 3 weeks with uncertain diagnosis after a number of obligatory tests. In general, infection accounts for approximately one-fourth of cases of FUO, followed by neoplasm and noninfectious inflammatory diseases. No diagnosis is reached
Bleeker-Rovers, C.P. +2 more
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Fever of Unknown Origin: Don’t Forget Kala-Azar Even in Europe [PDF]
, 2017 We present the case of a 70-year-old male patient with fever of unknown origin after a long period of convalescence from a previous admission to a chronic care hospital. During the admission, multiple combinations of antibiotic and antifungal treatments
De las Cuevas León, David +3 more
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Clinical Medicine, 2015 More than 50 years after the first definition of fever of unknown origin (FUO), it still remains a diagnostic challenge. Evaluation starts with the identification of potential diagnostic clues (PDCs), which should guide further investigations. In the absence of PDCs a standardised diagnostic protocol should be followed with PET-CT as the imaging ...
Mulders-Manders, C. +2 more
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Fever of unknown origin. A changing clinical spectrum and a diagnostic challenge
Case Reports, 2020 This issue of Case Reports presents two cases of fever of unknown origin (FUO) that illustrate the etiological diversity and diagnostic complexity of this condition.
Moisés Casarrubias-Ramírez
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Idiopathic Polyclonal Plasmacytosis Presenting as Fever of Unknown Origin
Indian Journal of Medical Specialities, 2021 An elderly male, after being flagged to have fever of unknown origin, was found to have plasmacytosis on bone marrow examination. On immunophenotyping, the proliferation was confirmed as polyclonal. No associated underlying condition such as infection or
Vivek Pal Singh, Ashutosh Garg
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