Fever of Unknown Origin Caused by Tuberculosis

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 947-962

  Bofinger, Jason J ^a   Schlossberg, David ^b,c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PHILADELPHIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; ETANERCEPT; GAMMA INTERFERON; INFLIXIMAB; PREDNISONE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG SAFETY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRANULOMATOUS HEPATITIS; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERCALCEMIA; IMMIGRANT; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; INAPPROPRIATE VASOPRESSIN SECRETION; INFECTION RISK; KIDNEY TUBERCULOSIS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PERICARDITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; TUBERCULOUS PERITONITIS; TUBERCULOUS SEPSIS;

AGED; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 36448966383     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2007.08.001     Document Type: Review

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