Fever of unknown origin in Taiwan

Infection

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 75-80

  Chin, C ^a   Chen, Y S ^b   Lee, S S J ^b   Wann, S R ^b   Lin, H H ^a   Lin, W R ^b   Huang, C K ^a   Tsai, H C ^b   Kao, C H ^b   Yen, M Y ^b   Liu, Y C ^b  

^a E DA HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RICKETTSIOSIS; SURVIVAL; TAIWAN; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33646737044     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-006-5010-2     Document Type: Article

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