Fever of unknown origin: report of 107 cases in a university hospital

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Sheng-Sen Chen¹  Chong Huang¹  Jian-Ming Zheng¹  Qi Cheng¹  Guang-Feng Shi¹  Kang-Kang Yu¹  Ning Li¹  Qing-Xia Ling¹  Ming-Quan Chen¹ 

关键词: Fever of unknown origin;    etiology;    infection;   

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学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: e-Century Publishing Corporation

【 摘 要 】

Fever of unknown origin (FUO) is a challenging problem in clinical practice. Evaluation of patient’s characteristics may illustrate the etiologies of FUO. In present study, 107 patients with FUO hospitalized in our inpatient department between 2010 and 2011 were investigated. The median age of the patients was 48 years (15-94). The median fever duration was 8.5 weeks (3-104). The median hospital stay was 8.5 days (1-51). Etiologies of FUO were identified as follows: infectious diseases 32 (29.9%), malignancies 19 (17.8%), inflammatory rheumatic diseases 18 (16.8%), and miscellaneous diseases 15 (14.0%). In 23 (21.5%) patients, the diagnosis remained unclear. Infection group had relative shorter average fever duration and hospital stay than other groups. Shortened mean fever duration was observed in geriatric age group. In conclusion, as the most common cause of FUO in the present study, infectious cases had relative shorter average fever duration and hospital stay, and geriatric patients had shortened average fever duration as well.

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