Fever of Unknown Origin in the Returning Traveler

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1091-1113

  Speil, Cristian ^a   Mushtaq, Adnan ^a   Adamski, Alys ^a   Khardori, Nancy ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; HEPATITIS A VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENICILLIN G; QUINIDINE;

ARTHRALGIA; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BRAIN MALARIA; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DENGUE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIARRHEA; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; INFLUENZA; LABORATORY TEST; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALARIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; REVIEW; RICKETTSIOSIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TICK BITE; TRAVEL; TROPICS; TSETSE FLY; TYPHOID FEVER; TYPHUS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TRAVEL;

EID: 36448961558     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2007.08.005     Document Type: Review

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