although most parts of iran is free of malaria owing to appreciable struggle against this disease by the ministry of public health, in every case of fever of unknown origin (fuo) possibility of malaria should not be neglected. unjustified administration of antibiotics can delay the diagnosis because of diminishing effect in number of malaria parasites in peripheral blood. for this reason freque...

kikuchi-fujimoto disease (kfd) is a benign, self-limiting disease characterized by histiocytic necrotising lymphadenitis. though several viral agents or an autoimmune etiology has been proposed as causative, the exact cause remains unknown. it has a female predilection and most commonly seen among young asian people. patients usually present with a febrile illness and the presence of lymphadeno...

introduction systemic lupus erythematous (sle) is among rheumatic diseases of unknown etiology. fever of unknown origin (fuo) has been rarely reported to be the presenting sign of sle. presence of four or more sle criteria is diagnostic for the disease. however, presentations may occur serially which make it much more difficult to diagnose an already questioned fuo. case presentation our case o...

background: although infectious diseases are the most common sources for the fever of unknown origin (fuo), but the spectrum of infectious diseases is changing overtime. the purpose of the study was to define the clinical spectrum and changing the pattern of fuo.methods: this existing data based study was undertaken from 2007 to 2011. one hundred-six patients fulfilling the modified criteria fo...

Visceral leishmaniasis is the second most common cause of fever of unknown origin in our study. This disease is not common in adults, although it's endemic among the pediatric age group. The majority of the affected individuals were young. High grade spiking fever, chills and splenomegaly were unique findings. Other common findings were neutropenia, anemia, abnormal liver function tests, st...

visceral leishmaniasis is the second most common cause of fever of unknown origin in our study. this disease is not common in adults, although it's endemic among the pediatric age group. the majority of the affected individuals were young. high grade spiking fever, chills and splenomegaly were unique findings. other common findings were neutropenia, anemia, abnormal liver function tests, s...

Horečka nejasnĂŠho pĹŻvodu představuje vzĂĄcnĂ˝ klinickĂ˝ syndrom, avĹĄak stanovenĂ­ jeho etiologickĂŠ diagnĂłzy bĂ˝vĂĄ relativně obtĂ­ĹžnĂŠ. Dosud bylo popsĂĄno vĂ­ce neĹž 200 rĹŻznĂ˝ch příčin horečky pĹŻvodu, kterĂŠ nĂĄleŞí do těchto hlavnĂ­ch kategoriĂ­: infekčnĂ­, neinfekčnĂ­ zĂĄnětlivĂĄ, hemato‑onkologickĂĄ, nĂĄdorovĂĄ či internĂ­ onemocněnĂ­. JednotlivĂŠ skupiny onemocněnĂ...

â  multiple hepatic lesions and fever of unknown origin