"Fever of Unknown Origin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Fever in which the etiology cannot be ascertained.
| Descriptor ID |
D005335
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.888.119.344.345
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| Concept/Terms |
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Fever of Unknown Origin".
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fever of Unknown Origin" by people in Profiles.
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Collins K, Martin A, Wittels K, Wilcox SR. Fever of Unknown Origin. J Emerg Med. 2020 Apr; 58(4):682-686.
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Sokolove J, Copland A, Shirvani S, Brown J, Posley K, Chung L. A 39-year-old woman with lupus, myositis, and a recalcitrant vasculopathy. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2010 Sep; 62(9):1351-6.
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Falagas ME, Klempner MS. Babesiosis in patients with AIDS: a chronic infection presenting as fever of unknown origin. Clin Infect Dis. 1996 May; 22(5):809-12.
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Lew MA, Kehoe K, Ritz J, Antman KH, Nadler L, Kalish LA, Finberg R. Ciprofloxacin versus trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole for prophylaxis of bacterial infections in bone marrow transplant recipients: a randomized, controlled trial. J Clin Oncol. 1995 Jan; 13(1):239-50.
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Parry R, Akhtar N, Hartnell GG. Case report: unsuspected pericarditis diagnosed with gallium67 scan. Clin Radiol. 1993 Nov; 48(5):332-3.
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Alario AJ, Nelson EW, Shapiro ED. Blood cultures in the management of febrile outpatients later found to have bacteremia. J Pediatr. 1989 Aug; 115(2):195-9.