Fever of unknown origin in Turkey: Evaluation of 87 cases during a nine-year-period of study

Journal of Infection

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 81-85

  Saltoglu, Nese ^a   Tasova, Yesim ^a   Midikli, Durdane ^a   Aksu, Hasan S Z ^a   Sanli, Aslihan ^a   Dündar, Ismail H ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adult Still's disease; Fever of unknown origin (FUO); Infections; Neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT ONSET STILL DISEASE; AGED; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BEHCET DISEASE; BRUCELLOSIS; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; COLLAGEN DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DEATH; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL CARCINOMA; GLIOMA; GRANULOMATOUS HEPATITIS; HODGKIN DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; NEUTROPENIA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; SALMONELLOSIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THYROIDITIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULITIS; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 0347917218     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2003.08.006     Document Type: Article

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