Fever of Unknown Origin: Evaluation of 54 Cases
In this study, 54 cases with fever of unknown origin (FUO) were analysed prospectively in Infectious Disease Department at Çukurova Medical Faculty between the years 1994-1997. Among the 54 cases included in this study 49 of them(90.7%) were determined as classic FUO whereas 5 of them (9.2%) were de...
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| author | Neşe SALTOĞLU Yeşim TAŞOVA Gürkan YILMAZ İsmail H. DÜNDAR |
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| description | In this study, 54 cases with fever of unknown origin (FUO) were analysed prospectively in Infectious Disease Department at Çukurova Medical Faculty between the years 1994-1997. Among the 54 cases included in this study 49 of them(90.7%) were determined as classic FUO whereas 5 of them (9.2%) were determined as neutropenic FUO. Infections (51.8%) were the most common causes of FUO in this series. Tuberculosis constituted the most common infectious reason (32.1%). Other FUO reasons were abdominal abcess, brucellosis, infective endocarditis, cytomegalovirus infection, rhinocerebral mucormycosis and cerebral toxoplasmosis. Non infectious reasons of FUO were neoplastic diseases found in 9 cases (16.6%), collagen vascular diseases found in 16 cases (16.6%) and other diseases diagnosed in 2 cases (3.7%). On the other hand, in 6 (11.6%) of the FUO cases no diagnosis could be reached. While the reasons of cases of neutropenic FUO were lymphoma, splenic abcess, brucellosis, sytemic lupus erytematosus only in one case no diagnosis could be reached. In undiagnosed cases of FUO, 5 of them (83.3%) completely recovered and only one of them (16.6%) died. Among these cases two of them (lymphoma and the undiagnosed) were neutropenic |
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| spelling | doaj.art-29a1495c69814bf4a02e1af13c4a370b2023-02-15T16:15:51ZengBilimsel Tip YayineviFlora Infeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Dergisi1300-932X1300-932X1997-12-0124278283Fever of Unknown Origin: Evaluation of 54 CasesNeşe SALTOĞLU0Yeşim TAŞOVA1Gürkan YILMAZ2İsmail H. DÜNDAR3Çukurova Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Klinik Bakteriyoloji ve İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, ADANAÇukurova Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Klinik Bakteriyoloji ve İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, ADANAÇukurova Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Klinik Bakteriyoloji ve İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, ADANAÇukurova Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Klinik Bakteriyoloji ve İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, ADANAIn this study, 54 cases with fever of unknown origin (FUO) were analysed prospectively in Infectious Disease Department at Çukurova Medical Faculty between the years 1994-1997. Among the 54 cases included in this study 49 of them(90.7%) were determined as classic FUO whereas 5 of them (9.2%) were determined as neutropenic FUO. Infections (51.8%) were the most common causes of FUO in this series. Tuberculosis constituted the most common infectious reason (32.1%). Other FUO reasons were abdominal abcess, brucellosis, infective endocarditis, cytomegalovirus infection, rhinocerebral mucormycosis and cerebral toxoplasmosis. Non infectious reasons of FUO were neoplastic diseases found in 9 cases (16.6%), collagen vascular diseases found in 16 cases (16.6%) and other diseases diagnosed in 2 cases (3.7%). On the other hand, in 6 (11.6%) of the FUO cases no diagnosis could be reached. While the reasons of cases of neutropenic FUO were lymphoma, splenic abcess, brucellosis, sytemic lupus erytematosus only in one case no diagnosis could be reached. In undiagnosed cases of FUO, 5 of them (83.3%) completely recovered and only one of them (16.6%) died. Among these cases two of them (lymphoma and the undiagnosed) were neutropenichttp://www.floradergisi.org/getFileContent.aspx?op=REDPDF&file_name=1997-2-4-278-283.pdfFever of Unknown OriginNeutropeniTuberculosis |
| spellingShingle | Neşe SALTOĞLU Yeşim TAŞOVA Gürkan YILMAZ İsmail H. DÜNDAR Fever of Unknown Origin: Evaluation of 54 Cases Flora Infeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Dergisi Fever of Unknown Origin Neutropeni Tuberculosis |
| title | Fever of Unknown Origin: Evaluation of 54 Cases |
| title_full | Fever of Unknown Origin: Evaluation of 54 Cases |
| title_fullStr | Fever of Unknown Origin: Evaluation of 54 Cases |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fever of Unknown Origin: Evaluation of 54 Cases |
| title_short | Fever of Unknown Origin: Evaluation of 54 Cases |
| title_sort | fever of unknown origin evaluation of 54 cases |
| topic | Fever of Unknown Origin Neutropeni Tuberculosis |
| url | http://www.floradergisi.org/getFileContent.aspx?op=REDPDF&file_name=1997-2-4-278-283.pdf |
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