Recurrent fever: diagnostic procedure

Recurrent fever: diagnostic procedure

Fever is defined periodic/recurrent in presence of three or more episodes of fever of unknown origin that occur in a period of six months and whose onset is at least one week apart from each other. The diagnosis, often complex, should exclude an infectious cause and an onco-haematological disease. History and physical examination are essential to make a diagnostic hypothesis of a periodic fever...

Recurrent fever in children.

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Recurrent rheumatic fever.

Although recurrent rheumatic fever in adults is uncommon and the recurrence rate declines with age and with the interval from the attack, we describe a patient who has had four attacks of rheumatic fever, two in childhood and two in adult life.

A Case Report of Recurrent Rheumatic Fever: Considerations and Comments

Rheumatic fever (RF) is a prevalent healthcare problem in the developing countries. Recurrence of this disorder is often observed in childhood and adolescence. RF can mimic the presentations of infective endocarditis, and clinicians are not really familiar with this issue. Herein, we present a case of recurrent acute rheumatic fever in a patient suspicious of acute bacterial endocarditis due to...

Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis: A Diagnostic Clue to Primary Hyperparathyroidism