Month: March 2019

Pneumonia. Pneumonia (non-tuberculosis) is sometimes manifested by prolonged fever and without clinical symptoms. According to McClung, of 99 cases of fever of unknown origin, 4 had pneumonia. According to Pizzo, of 100 with fever of

Fever of unknown origin can cause various microorganisms and many infectious diseases. We will discuss here only some of them. Infection can be classified by its localization (sinusitis, pneumonia, pelvic abscess, osteomyelitis, etc.) or by

Prolonged fever of unknown origin is not a rare problem for pediatricians. Using the criteria described above, McClung and Lohr showed that an unidentified fever was responsible for approximately 0.7% of all admissions to their

In 1972, McClung identified fever of unspecified origin in children as any disease with a fever that was not diagnosed for more than 3 weeks of outpatient or more than 1 week of inpatient examination.

The term “fever of unknown origin” (LDL) is used to denote prolonged fever of unclear etiology. The controversial question is how long a fever should be and how much diagnostic testing needs to be done