Fever of unknown origin in the elderly

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 252, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 295-304

  Tal, S ^a   Guller, V ^a   Gurevich, A ^a   Levi, S ^a  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Elderly; Fever of unknown origin; Temporal arteritis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

AGED; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG FEVER; FACTITIOUS DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTHERMIA; INFECTION; LUNG EMBOLISM; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0036032936     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.2002.01042.x     Document Type: Review

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