Fever of unknown origin (FUO) represents a substantial diagnostic challenge due to its heterogeneous aetiologies encompassing infectious, inflammatory, neoplastic, and miscellaneous disorders. Despite ...

A new retrospective, laboratory-based observational study provides detailed insights into the causes of fevers of unknown origin in sub-Saharan Africa. Scientists examined 550 patients from Guinea who ...

Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2013;11(8):805-815. Infectious diseases are the leading cause of FUO in almost all series (Table 2). Among infections, tuberculosis is the most frequent diagnosis. In ...

Colorized scanning electron micrograph of filamentous Ebola virus particles (blue) emerging from a chronically infected cell (yellow-green) of a cell culture line. A new retrospective, ...

† Those without notes are either nonspecific or give too many clues of the diseases that cannot be listed. ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; FDG PET-CT: ...

There are many symptoms that are common to a wide variety of diseases, like fever, which can indicate an infection with any of a huge range of pathogens; an autoimmune disorder; or possibly even some ...