• Fever of unknown origin (FUO) refers to a condition in which the patient has an elevated temperature (fever) for which no cause can be found despite investigations...
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    imaging older and chronic infections that may be the cause of a fever of unknown origin. Due to lack of disease specificity, imaging with radioactive gallium(III)...
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  • An idiopathic disease is any disease with an unknown cause or mechanism of apparent spontaneous origin. For some medical conditions, one or more causes...
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  • scan and indium-111 white blood cell imaging may be used to image fever of unknown origin (elevated temperature without an explanation). However, the indium...
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  • causative organism of many cases of illnesses generally classed as fevers of unknown origin in humans in Africa. Fleas are the main vectors of Rickettsia felis...
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    less than usual; has lost weight or failed to gain weight; has a fever of unknown origin; intra-ocular signs; jaundice. Biochemistry: hypergammaglobulinaemia;...
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    Persistent fever that cannot be explained after repeated routine clinical inquiries is called fever of unknown origin. A neutropenic fever, also called...
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  • as they are used intelligently. The advantages of brevity should be weighed against the possibilities of obfuscation (making the communication harder for...
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    assess the nature of concerns and nonspecific symptoms in a patient (such as fatigue, weight loss, unexplained anemia, fever of unknown origin, paraneoplastic...
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    can identify an underlying microbial cause in cases of endocarditis and fever of unknown origin. The pathogens most frequently identified in blood cultures...
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  • example of such a diagnosis is "fever of unknown origin": to explain the cause of elevated temperature the most common causes of unexplained fever (infection...
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    syndrome Fever of unknown origin Berger JR, Vilensky JA (2014). "Encephalitis lethargica (von Economo's encephalitis)". Neurovirology. Handbook of Clinical...
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    or manage. They may also be asked to help determine the cause of a fever of unknown origin. Specialists in infectious diseases can practice both in hospitals...
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    includes a number of cases from other countries. The differential diagnosis includes fever of unknown origin, familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) and familial...
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  • Gaeta, Giovanni Battista; Brancaccio, Giuseppina (2019-07-22). "Fever of unknown origin (FUO): which are the factors influencing the final diagnosis? A...
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    blood in the urine. Chronic pyelonephritis can in addition cause fever of unknown origin. Furthermore, inflammation-related proteins can accumulate in organs...
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    first infection of cardiovirus in humans was identified in 2007 in a stool sample of an infant that was experiencing fever of unknown origin. It was subsequently...
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    had been hospitalized with a fever of unknown origin. At the time, serologic testing was negative for viral hemorrhagic fever. She was discharged on January...
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  • Campbell McGrath (category Columbia University School of the Arts alumni)
    Verbs: New and Selected Poems (Ecco Press, 2019) Fever of Unknown Origin: Poems (Knopf, 2023) List of poems "Campbell McGrath". Ploughshares. Retrieved...
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  • Rail station code Pyrexia or fever of unknown origin può is the Italian word for "he/she/it can", and it occurs in the title of books, films and songs. All...
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    Television. ER follows the inner life of the emergency room (ER) of Cook County General Hospital, a fictionalized version of the real Cook County Hospital, in...
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  • ECI febris e causa ignota (normally written as febris E.C.I.) fever of unknown origin ECLS extracorporeal life support ECMO extracorporeal membrane oxygenation...
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  • sample taken in November 1981 from an 8-month-old female with fever of unknown origin. This is the first human virus in the genus Cardiovirus. Found...
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  • present with a variety of clinical symptoms, including organomegaly, lymphadenopathy, and/or constitutional symptoms. Unknown fever, cytopenias, tumor lysis...
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  • Yung E & Katz DS 2013, 'Imaging in Fever of Unknown Origin', in BA Cunha (ed.), Fever of Unknown Origin, Informa Healthcare USA, New York, pp. 209–28...
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    fever of unknown origin (FUO). If untreated, death will occur in approximately 10% of cases. The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic...
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    Alterations in Body Temperature Chapter 15: Fever Chapter 16: Fever and Rash Chapter 17: Fever of Unknown Origin Section 3: Nervous System Dysfunction Chapter...
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  • Acronyms in healthcare List of medical abbreviations: Overview List of medical abbreviations: Latin abbreviations List of abbreviations for medical organisations...
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    visits (cough, sore throat, back pain, fever, headache, abdominal pain, chest pain, other pain, shortness of breath, vomiting) and made suggestions as...
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  • Follicular Unit Transplantation FUO fever of unknown origin FVC forced vital capacity (spirometry test value used in assessment of chronic obstructive pulmonary...
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