Fever of unknown origin overview
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Synonyms and keywords: febris continua e causa ignota; febris e causa ignota; febris E.C.I.; FUO; PUO; pyrexia of unknown origin
Overview
Fever of unknown origin (FUO) was formally defined for the first time by Petersdorf and Beeson: “fever above 38.3° C (100.9° F) on several occasions, persisting without diagnosis for at least three weeks in spite of at least one week’s investigation in hospital.ʺ[1]
Durack and Street made four different categories of fever of unknown origin in 1991:
- Classic FUO
- Nosocomial FUO
- Neutropenic FUO
- HIV related FUO[2]
References
- ↑ Auwaerter, Paul G; Wright, William F (2020). "Fever and Fever of Unknown Origin: Review, Recent Advances, and Lingering Dogma". Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 7 (5). doi:10.1093/ofid/ofaa132. ISSN 2328-8957.
- ↑ Auwaerter, Paul G; Wright, William F (2020). "Fever and Fever of Unknown Origin: Review, Recent Advances, and Lingering Dogma". Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 7 (5). doi:10.1093/ofid/ofaa132. ISSN 2328-8957.