Infective Endocarditis cases with the Clinical Presentation of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO): 7 Case Reports
Fever of unknown origin (FUO) is described as documented fevers above 38.3°C, for more than three weeks of duration and lack of a specific diagnosis after one week of investigation. The most common causes of FUO in adult patients are infections, neoplasms and collagen vascular diseases. In adults, t...
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| author | Mustafa PEHLİVAN M. Oktay TARHAN Yıldırım SEYİTHANOĞLU Ömer KOZAN Kadir BİBEROĞLU |
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| description | Fever of unknown origin (FUO) is described as documented fevers above 38.3°C, for more than three weeks of duration and lack of a specific diagnosis after one week of investigation. The most common causes of FUO in adult patients are infections, neoplasms and collagen vascular diseases. In adults, the most common causes of FUO are infections. Also in our country, more than half of the reported cases are caused by infections. Infective endocarditis is reported as the cause of 0-8% of FUO cases in developed countries, and 0-3.8% in our country. In this study, we established the diagnosis of infective endocarditis in 11.2% (7 patients) of 62 FUO patients. We discussed the diagnostic difficulties, probable predisposing factors, clinical and laboratory findings of infective endocarditis and the role of infective endocarditis in FUO cases in our cauntry by reviewing these seven patients with infective endocarditis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e9a82bbe789f4d13ac67c267c5e1fee82023-02-15T16:13:22ZengBilimsel Tip YayineviFlora Infeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Dergisi1300-932X1300-932X1998-03-01313541Infective Endocarditis cases with the Clinical Presentation of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO): 7 Case ReportsMustafa PEHLİVAN0M. Oktay TARHAN1Yıldırım SEYİTHANOĞLU2Ömer KOZAN3Kadir BİBEROĞLU4Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, İç Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı,Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, İç Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı,Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Kardiyoloji Anabilim Dalı, İZMİRDokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Kardiyoloji Anabilim Dalı, İZMİRDokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, İç Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı,Fever of unknown origin (FUO) is described as documented fevers above 38.3°C, for more than three weeks of duration and lack of a specific diagnosis after one week of investigation. The most common causes of FUO in adult patients are infections, neoplasms and collagen vascular diseases. In adults, the most common causes of FUO are infections. Also in our country, more than half of the reported cases are caused by infections. Infective endocarditis is reported as the cause of 0-8% of FUO cases in developed countries, and 0-3.8% in our country. In this study, we established the diagnosis of infective endocarditis in 11.2% (7 patients) of 62 FUO patients. We discussed the diagnostic difficulties, probable predisposing factors, clinical and laboratory findings of infective endocarditis and the role of infective endocarditis in FUO cases in our cauntry by reviewing these seven patients with infective endocarditis.http://www.floradergisi.org/getFileContent.aspx?op=REDPDF&file_name=1998-3-1-035-041.pdfFever of unknown originInfective endocarditis |
| spellingShingle | Mustafa PEHLİVAN M. Oktay TARHAN Yıldırım SEYİTHANOĞLU Ömer KOZAN Kadir BİBEROĞLU Infective Endocarditis cases with the Clinical Presentation of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO): 7 Case Reports Flora Infeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Dergisi Fever of unknown origin Infective endocarditis |
| title | Infective Endocarditis cases with the Clinical Presentation of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO): 7 Case Reports |
| title_full | Infective Endocarditis cases with the Clinical Presentation of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO): 7 Case Reports |
| title_fullStr | Infective Endocarditis cases with the Clinical Presentation of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO): 7 Case Reports |
| title_full_unstemmed | Infective Endocarditis cases with the Clinical Presentation of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO): 7 Case Reports |
| title_short | Infective Endocarditis cases with the Clinical Presentation of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO): 7 Case Reports |
| title_sort | infective endocarditis cases with the clinical presentation of fever of unknown origin fuo 7 case reports |
| topic | Fever of unknown origin Infective endocarditis |
| url | http://www.floradergisi.org/getFileContent.aspx?op=REDPDF&file_name=1998-3-1-035-041.pdf |
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