"Fever of Unknown Origin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Fever in which the etiology cannot be ascertained.
| Descriptor ID |
D005335
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.888.119.344.345
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| Concept/Terms |
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Fever of Unknown Origin".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Fever of Unknown Origin".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Fever of Unknown Origin" by people in this website by year, and whether "Fever of Unknown Origin" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fever of Unknown Origin" by people in Profiles.
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Facial Nerve Palsy in a Child With Fever of Unknown Origin. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2020 05; 59(4-5):516-518.
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Persistent fever in a pediatric renal transplant patient: Answers. Pediatr Nephrol. 2019 05; 34(5):825-828.
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Persistent fever in a pediatric renal transplant patient: Questions. Pediatr Nephrol. 2019 05; 34(5):823-824.
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An 8-Year-Old Male With Fever of Unknown Origin. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2018 09; 57(10):1239-1242.
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Cefepime-Induced Neurotoxicity Despite Dose Adjustment for Renal Disease: A Brief Report and Review of the Literature. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2017 Jun 01; 6(2):199-201.
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Current Evidence on the Evaluation and Management of Fever Without a Source in Infants Aged 0-90 Days: A Review. Rev Recent Clin Trials. 2017; 12(4):240-245.
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Angiostrongylus cantonensis Infection: A Cause of Fever of Unknown Origin in Pediatric Patients. Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Dec 01; 63(11):1475-1478.
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Chikungunya Virus as Cause of Febrile Illness Outbreak, Chiapas, Mexico, 2014. Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Nov; 21(11):2070-3.
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A 2-year-old with 4 weeks of daily fever. Pediatrics. 2015 May; 135(5):902-8.
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Utility of bone marrow examination for workup of fever of unknown origin in patients with HIV/AIDS. J Clin Pathol. 2015 03; 68(3):241-5.