"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 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 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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Burzo ML, Antonelli M, Pecorini G, Favuzzi AMR, Landolfi R, Flex A. Fever of unknown origin and splenomegaly: A case report of blood culture negative endocarditis. Medicine (Baltimore). 2017 Dec; 96(50):e9197.
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Connolly E, Eppes SC. Fever in a returning traveler: the importance of a good history, physical examination, and focused laboratory testing. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2014 Feb; 53(2):201-3.
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Carr BG, Weisbein JL, Gaieski DF. Salmonella meningitis in an immunocompetent adult. J Emerg Med. 2011 Mar; 40(3):267-70.
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Norris AH, Krasinskas AM, Salhany KE, Gluckman SJ. Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease: a benign cause of fever and lymphadenopathy. Am J Med. 1996 Oct; 101(4):401-5.