Art and Science of Laboratory Medicine

Art and Science of Laboratory Medicine

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

What causes fever of unknown origin?

That might sound like “Who’s buried in Grant’s tomb?” or “When was the war of 1812?” but it’s actually a really good question.
First, a definition. Before you can officially “diagnose” someone with FUO, you have to meet a few criteria. The original criteria (back in 1961) were:
  1. A fever of 101º F or more on several occasions
  2. …persisting for over three weeks
  3. …with no diagnosis despite a week-long, in-hospital investigation.
These days, we don’t keep people in the hospital for a week just to “investigate” things, unless they are really sick. Plus, things have changed a bit with the emergence of HIV, and with the development of new chemotherapeutic and immune-modulating drugs.

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Source: Pathology Student
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