Long-term Health Outcomes of Patients Evaluated for Unexplained Fever in a Pediatric Infectious Diseases Clinic

Kathryn E Weakley; Gary S Marshall; Victoria A Statler

doi:10.1093/jpids/piz057

Long-term Health Outcomes of Patients Evaluated for Unexplained Fever in a Pediatric Infectious Diseases Clinic

J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2020 Sep 17;9(4):494-497. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piz057.

Authors

Kathryn E Weakley¹, Gary S Marshall¹, Victoria A Statler¹

Affiliation

¹ Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.

PMID: 31648304
DOI: 10.1093/jpids/piz057

Abstract

A telephone interview was conducted with parents of 120 children seen in a pediatric infectious diseases clinic for unexplained fever who received no definitive diagnosis or were thought to have recurrent self-limited illnesses. Only 3 were diagnosed with a fever-related condition after 8 years of follow-up. The majority remained well.

Keywords: fever; fever of unknown origin; FUO; pediatric infectious diseases clinic.

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MeSH terms

Ambulatory Care Facilities
Child
Child, Preschool
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Fever of Unknown Origin / diagnosis*
Humans
Infant
Interviews as Topic
Male
Outcome Assessment, Health Care