Investigating and managing pyrexia of unknown origin in adults

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 341, Issue 7778, 2010, Pages 878-881

  Varghese, George M ^a   Trowbridge, Paul ^b   Doherty, Tom ^c  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; RIFAMPICIN;

CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFECTION; NEOPLASM; NEUTROPENIA; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEROLOGY;

ADULT; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST;

EID: 78049247609     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c5470     Document Type: Review

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