Fever of unknown origin

G Haidar, N Singh - New England Journal of Medicine, 2022 - Mass Medical Soc
Fever of Unknown Origin FUO despite a high-quality workup after a reasonable amount of
time has elapsed to rule out self-limited fevers remains a challenge. The clinician must pay …

Fever and fever of unknown origin: review, recent advances, and lingering dogma

WF Wright, PG Auwaerter - Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Fever has preoccupied physicians since the earliest days of clinical medicine. It has been
the subject of scrutiny in recent decades. Historical convention has mostly determined that …

A prospective multicenter study on fever of unknown origin: the yield of a structured diagnostic protocol

CP Bleeker-Rovers, FJ Vos, EMHA de Kleijn… - Medicine, 2007 - journals.lww.com
We conducted a prospective study to update our knowledge of fever of unknown origin
(FUO) and to explore the utility of a structured diagnostic protocol. From December 2003 to …

Hereditary periodic fever

JPH Drenth, JWM Van Der Meer - New England journal of …, 2001 - Mass Medical Soc
Fever of undetermined origin may be familial and have a periodic course. This article
discusses three syndromes of hereditary periodic fever: familial Mediterranean fever, the …

A comprehensive evidence-based approach to fever of unknown origin

O Mourad, V Palda, AS Detsky - Archives of internal medicine, 2003 - jamanetwork.com
Background Fever of unknown origin (FUO) is defined as a temperature higher than 38.3° C
on several occasions and lasting longer than 3 weeks, with a diagnosis that remains …

[HTML][HTML] Fever of unknown origin: the value of FDG-PET/CT

IJE Kouijzer, CM Mulders-Manders… - Seminars in Nuclear …, 2018 - Elsevier
Fever of unknown origin (FUO) is commonly defined as fever higher than 38.3° C on several
occasions during at least 3 weeks with uncertain diagnosis after a number of obligatory …

Giant cell arteritis: disease patterns of clinical presentation in a series of 240 patients

MA Gonzalez-Gay, S Barros, MJ Lopez-Diaz… - Medicine, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Classically, patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) present with cranial ischemic
manifestations that are directly related to vascular involvement. However, a variable …

18F-FDG PET and PET/CT in fever of unknown origin

J Meller, CO Sahlmann, AK Scheel - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2007 - Soc Nuclear Med
Fever of unknown origin (FUO) was originally defined as recurrent fever of 38.3° C or higher,
lasting 2–3 wk or longer, and undiagnosed after 1 wk of hospital evaluation. The last …

From prolonged febrile illness to fever of unknown origin: the challenge continues

S Vanderschueren, D Knockaert… - Archives of internal …, 2003 - jamanetwork.com
Background Epidemiological changes and the ongoing expansion of the diagnostic
armamentarium warrant a regular update of the spectrum of diseases that present as …

Fever of unknown origin in adults: 40 years on

DC Knockaert, S Vanderschueren… - Journal of internal …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Knockaert DC, Vanderschueren S, Blockmans D.(Gasthuisberg University Hospital, Leuven,
Belgium). Fever of unknown origin in adults: 40 years on (Review). J Intern Med 2003; 253 …