TY - JOUR
T1 - Fever of unknown origin
AU - Miller, M. L.
AU - Szer, I.
AU - Yogev, R.
AU - Bernstein, B.
PY - 1995
Y1 - 1995
N2 - The causes of fever in a child can vary from minor brief illnesses to life-threatening infections, malignant, or autoimmune diseases. The physician often has to evaluate children with fevers of as yet undiagnosed cause lasting fewer than 2 weeks, in whom it is important to determine whether localizing findings are present. Fever without localizing signs and fevers complicating chronic disease and resulting from specific localized infection are considered in the sections concerning infectious causes, immunodeficiency diseases, and rheumatic diseases. The diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to the child with both prolonged fever and fever of unknown origin are then discussed, with emphasis on rheumatic diseases.
AB - The causes of fever in a child can vary from minor brief illnesses to life-threatening infections, malignant, or autoimmune diseases. The physician often has to evaluate children with fevers of as yet undiagnosed cause lasting fewer than 2 weeks, in whom it is important to determine whether localizing findings are present. Fever without localizing signs and fevers complicating chronic disease and resulting from specific localized infection are considered in the sections concerning infectious causes, immunodeficiency diseases, and rheumatic diseases. The diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to the child with both prolonged fever and fever of unknown origin are then discussed, with emphasis on rheumatic diseases.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0031-3955(16)40050-7
DO - 10.1016/S0031-3955(16)40050-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 7567198
AN - SCOPUS:0028871759
SN - 0031-3955
VL - 42
SP - 999
EP - 1015
JO - Pediatric Clinics of North America
JF - Pediatric Clinics of North America
IS - 5
ER -