Fever of unknown origin in the elderly: nine years experience in China

被引：4

作者：

Zheng, Minghua

Lin, Hailong ^{[2
]}

Luo, Sheng ^{[3
]}

Xu, Lihua ^{[4
]}

Zeng, Yanjun ^{[1
]}

Chen, Yongping

机构：

[1] Beijing Univ Technol, Ctr Biomed Engn, Beijing 100124, Peoples R China

[2] First Affiliated Hosp Wenzhou, Coll Med, Dept Rehabil, Wenzhou 325000, Zhejiang, Peoples R China

[3] Second Affiliated Hosp Wenzhou, Coll Med, Dept Pediat Infect, Wenzhou 325000, Zhejiang, Peoples R China

[4] Beijing Univ Technol, Dept Hematol, Beijing 100124, Peoples R China

来源：

TROPICAL DOCTOR | 2008年 / 38卷 / 04期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1258/td.2007.070293

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

This is a retrospective study of older patients admitted to the First and Second Affiliated Hospitals of Wenzhou Medical College, China, with a diagnosis of fever of unknown origin. The study took place from January 1998 to December 2006 among 102 patients who fulfilled the criteria. Infections were responsible for 50 cases (49.1%), followed by no diagnosis in 27 (26.5%), miscellaneous in nine (8.8%), neoplasms in eight (7.8%) and connective tissue disease in another eight (7.8%). MycobacteriumTB was the most frequent type of infection diagnosed.

引用

页码：221 / 222

页数：2

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