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- Despite extensive workup and diagnostic advances, up to 51% of FUO cases remain undiagnosed.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK532265/
Feb 2, 2022 · In 1961, Petersdorf and Beeson defined fever of unknown origin (FUO) as a temperature of 38.3°C or higher for at least 3 weeks without a diagnosis, despite 1 week of inpatient investigations....
- The Three Long-Continued Fevers of New England
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- The Three Long-Continued Fevers of New England
More than 50 years after the first definition of fever of unknown origin (FUO), it still remains a diagnostic challenge. Evaluation starts with the identification of potential diagnostic clues (PDCs), which should guide further investigations.
It is important to rule out factitious fever, which has been reported in up to 9% of cases. 10 It should be suspected in cases of fever lasting longer than six months and in medical personnel.
Oct 1, 2012 · Sustained, unexplained fever despite a comprehensive work up is recognized as fever of unknown origin (FUO), which frequently poses a clinical challenge. For a methodical approach, FUO is recently categorized into classic FUO, nosocomial FUO, neutropenic FUO and HIV-associated FUO based on the clinical setting and patient’s underlying immune ...
- Kayoko Hayakawa, Balaji Ramasamy, Pranatharthi H. Chandrasekar
- 2012
Aug 14, 2023 · Epidemiology of fever of unknown origin (FUO) varies based on etiology of fever, age group, geography, environmental exposure, and immune/HIV status. In developing countries, an infectious etiology of FUO is most prevalent whereas, in developed countries, FUO is likely due to non-infectious inflammatory disease.
- Ilona Brown, Nancy A. Finnigan
- 2023/08/14
- 2021
Aug 23, 2021 · Human immunodeficiency virus-associated fever of unknown origin was defined as fever of more than 4 weeks duration for outpatients or more than 3 days duration in the hospital. Fever of 38.3°C (100.9°F) or higher on at least 3 occasions suggested.
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Nov 21, 2022 · Brucellosis accounts for more than 500,000 new cases per year globally and more than 10/100,000 morbidities in some endemic countries [4, 5]. According to the national surveillance data, the incidence of Brucellosis in China increased rapidly from 0.028/100,000 (326 cases) in 1993 to 3.1532/100,000 (44,036 cases) in 2019 [ 6 , 7 ].
