From Prolonged Febrile Illness to Fever of Unknown Origin
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Prolonged febrile illness and fever of unknown origin in adults.
Fever of unknown origin has been described as a febrile illness (temperature of 101°F [38.3°C] or higher) for three weeks or longer without an etiology despite a one-week inpatient evaluation. A more recent qualitative definition requires only a reasonable diagnostic evaluation. Although there are more than 200 diseases in the differential diagnosis, most cases in adults are limited to several ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Internal Medicine
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0003-9926
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.163.9.1033