Fever of unknown origin: A report of 57 cases

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 958-960

  Erten, N ^a   Saka, Bulent ^a   Ozturk, G ^a   Karan, M A ^a   Tascioglu, C ^a   Dilmener, M ^a   Kaysi, A ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fever of unknown origin

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ALLERGIC VASCULITIS; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SMEAR; BODY TEMPERATURE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER BIOPSY; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MESOTHELIOMA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NECROTIZING ARTERITIS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PONS ANGLE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RICKETTSIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROAT CULTURE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; URINALYSIS; URINE CULTURE; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; TURKEY;

EID: 33644657778     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1368-5031.2005.00471.x     Document Type: Review

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