Fever of Unknown Origin: The Workup and Diagnosis of Pel-Ebstein Fever

The clinical and diagnostic workup of fever of unknown origin (FUO) is key in the treatment of patients on the internal medicine service. In this article, the authors present a case of fever of unknown origin, walk through the differential diagnosis, explain the laboratory testing ordered in the wor...

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Autores principales: Khanna, Prachi, Malluru, Natalie, Pyada, Raaj, Gupta, Mitul, Akkihal, Kartik, Varkey, Thomas C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8903813/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35282507
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21959
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author Khanna, Prachi
Malluru, Natalie
Pyada, Raaj
Gupta, Mitul
Akkihal, Kartik
Varkey, Thomas C
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description The clinical and diagnostic workup of fever of unknown origin (FUO) is key in the treatment of patients on the internal medicine service. In this article, the authors present a case of fever of unknown origin, walk through the differential diagnosis, explain the laboratory testing ordered in the workup of the patient as well as the resulting values of said testing, and discuss the pathophysiology and diagnostic criteria for the diagnosis of Pel-Ebstein fever. The authors also discuss a clinical pearl when working with electronic health records to ensure that the needs of the patient in question are met.
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spelling pubmed-89038132022-03-10 Fever of Unknown Origin: The Workup and Diagnosis of Pel-Ebstein Fever Khanna, Prachi Malluru, Natalie Pyada, Raaj Gupta, Mitul Akkihal, Kartik Varkey, Thomas C Cureus Internal Medicine The clinical and diagnostic workup of fever of unknown origin (FUO) is key in the treatment of patients on the internal medicine service. In this article, the authors present a case of fever of unknown origin, walk through the differential diagnosis, explain the laboratory testing ordered in the workup of the patient as well as the resulting values of said testing, and discuss the pathophysiology and diagnostic criteria for the diagnosis of Pel-Ebstein fever. The authors also discuss a clinical pearl when working with electronic health records to ensure that the needs of the patient in question are met. Cureus 2022-02-06 /pmc/articles/PMC8903813/ /pubmed/35282507 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21959 Text en Copyright © 2022, Khanna et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Khanna, Prachi
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Fever of Unknown Origin: The Workup and Diagnosis of Pel-Ebstein Fever
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title_full Fever of Unknown Origin: The Workup and Diagnosis of Pel-Ebstein Fever
title_fullStr Fever of Unknown Origin: The Workup and Diagnosis of Pel-Ebstein Fever
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title_short Fever of Unknown Origin: The Workup and Diagnosis of Pel-Ebstein Fever
title_sort fever of unknown origin: the workup and diagnosis of pel-ebstein fever
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8903813/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35282507
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21959
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