EPIDEMIOLOGY OF FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN (FUO) AT IMBABA FEVER HOSPITAL, GIZA GOVERNORATE, EGYPT

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1 Department of Tropical Medicine1, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566

2 Department of Infectious diseases, Imbaba Fever Hospital, Cairo, Egypt

Abstract

Fever of unknown origin (FUO) is caused by various diseases, and infections were the most frequent
causes of FUO. The progress of the diagnostic techniques may have changed the breakdown of diseases
causing FUO. This prospective study aimed to explore the clinical spectrum of fevers of undetermined
origin (FUO) among adult patients treated at the Imbaba Fever Hospital from June 2018 to May
2019.
All Egyptian patients who met the FUO criteria and were hospitalized during this period were followed
up until they were diagnosed. They were 350 of whom186 females (53.1%) and 164 males
(46.9%), with ages ranged from 18 to 82 years (32.77±14.4). The commonest FUO cause was infections
(72%), followed by autoimmune diseases (20%), malignancies accounted (2%) of the total with
the diagnosis unknown in 4.6%. Brucellosis and pneumonia were considered major causes of infections.

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Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology
Volume 52, Issue 2
August 2022
Pages 169-176

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