Autoinflammatory syndromes as causes of fever of unknown origin

VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS AS FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN

Visceral leishmaniasis is the second most common cause of fever of unknown origin in our study. This disease is not common in adults, although it's endemic among the pediatric age group. The majority of the affected individuals were young. High grade spiking fever, chills and splenomegaly were unique findings. Other common findings were neutropenia, anemia, abnormal liver function tests, st...

visceral leishmaniasis as fever of unknown origin

visceral leishmaniasis is the second most common cause of fever of unknown origin in our study. this disease is not common in adults, although it's endemic among the pediatric age group. the majority of the affected individuals were young. high grade spiking fever, chills and splenomegaly were unique findings. other common findings were neutropenia, anemia, abnormal liver function tests, s...

Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin

Infectious causes of fever of unknown origin.

The causes of fever of unknown origin (FUO) are changing because advances in clinical practice and diagnostics have facilitated the identification of some infections. A variety of bacterial infections can cause FUO, and these can be divided into those that are easy to identify using culture and those that require serological or molecular tests for identification. A number of viral, parasitic an...

Pathogenesis of familial periodic fever syndromes or hereditary autoinflammatory syndromes.

Familial periodic fever syndromes, otherwise known as hereditary autoinflammatory syndromes, are inherited disorders characterized by recurrent episodes of fever and inflammation. The general hypothesis is that the innate immune response in these patients is wrongly tuned, being either too sensitive to very minor stimuli or turned off too late. The genetic background of the major familial perio...