Fever of Unknown Origin
Authors: ROBERT G. PETERSDORF
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1969)

Editorials1 April 1969Fever of Unknown OriginROBERT G. PETERSDORF, M.D., F.A.C.P.ROBERT G. PETERSDORF, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-70-4-864 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn 1961 Paul Beeson (now Nuffield Professor of Medicine at Oxford) and I published a paper analyzing the cause, clinical course, and diagnostic clues derived from 100 patients with fever of unknown origin. The data for this paper were gathered prospectively in a medium-sized city in the northeastern United States between 1952 and 1958. In essence, we found that among 100 patients with fever of unknown origin some 40% had infections; 20%, neoplastic disease; 20%, collagen vascular disease; and 10%, a variety of entities including familial Mediterranean fever, multiple pulmonary emboli, drug fever, sarcoid, and even malingering. In 10% the...References1. PETERSDORFBEESON RGPB: Fever of unexplained origin: report of 100 cases. Medicine (Balt.) 40: 1, 1961. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. EFFERSOE P: Fever of unknown origin. A follow-up study of 34 patients discharged without diagnosis. Danish Med. Bull. 15: 240, 1968. MedlineGoogle Scholar3. GILBERTMOOREHEDBERGSANFORD DNWLCLJP: Potential medical problems in personnel returning from Vietnam. Ann. Intern. Med. 68: 662, 1968. LinkGoogle Scholar4. BERMANIRVINGKUNDIN SJGWD: Personal communication. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Department of Medicine University of Washington School of Medicine Seattle, Wash. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByETIOLOGY AND CLINICAL PROFILE OF FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN IN CHILDREN-A PROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY IN PEDIATRICS DEPARTMENT OF DMCH, LAHERIASARAI, BIHARFieber unklarer Genese bei einem 74-jährigen multimorbiden PatientenGranulomatous lesions in bone marrow: Clinicopathologic findings and significance in a study of 48 casesPyrexia of unknown origin (PUO) in a hemodialysis patientLaparotomy in the investigation of patients with pyrexia of unknown originChapter 39 Fever of unknown origin in the general population and in HIV-infected personsProgress in Gerontology: Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Temporal ArteritisFever in various rheumatic diseasesPyrexia in Giant Cell ArteritisTemporal arteritis and polymyalgia rheumaticaCase 5-1979Factitious Fever and Self-Induced Infection A Report of 32 Cases and Review of the LiteratureROBERT P. ADUAN, M.D., ANTHONY S. FAUCI, M.D., DAVID C. DALE, M.D., JOSEPH H. HERZBERG, M.D., SHELDON M. WOLFF, M.D.Arteritis of the aged (giant cell arteritis) and fever of unexplained originBenign giant lymph node hyperplasia presenting as fever of unknown originFever of unexplained origin in patients with cancerFever of Unknown Origin 1 April 1969Volume 70, Issue 4Page: 864-866KeywordsCollagen vascular diseasesDiagnostic medicineDrugsFever of unknown originFeversInfectious diseasesInterstitial lung diseasesPulmonary vascular diseasesVascular diseases Issue Published: 1 April 1969 PDF DownloadLoading ...