Recurrent fever of unknown origin (FUO): Aseptic meningitis, hepatosplenomegaly, pericarditis and a double quotidian fever due to juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA)

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 177-180

  Cunha, Burke A ^a,b   Hage, Jean E ^a,b   Nouri, Yelda ^a,b  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult Still's disease; Aseptic meningitis; Double quotidian fever; Hepatosplenomegaly; Pericarditis; Recurrent FUO

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; FERRITIN;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILL; COUGHING; DISEASE DURATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEADACHE; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MALE; PERICARDITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RECURRENT FEVER; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; BODY TEMPERATURE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; PERICARDITIS; SPLENOMEGALY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857372640     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: 15273288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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