Etiology of Fever of Unknown Origin in Children from Mumbai, India
Landge AA, Singhal T
Indian pediatrics · 2018-01
Abstract
This descriptive study evaluated 49 children with fever lasting for more than 7 days at a tertiary hospital in urban Mumbai. Etiologic diagnosis could be established in 88% of the cases. Infections were the causein 34 (79%)patients, 6 (14%) were diagnosed as collagen vascular diseases, and 3 (7%) had other cause.
MeSH terms
- Humans
- Typhoid Fever
- Tuberculosis
- Fever of Unknown Origin
- Adolescent
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Infant
- India
- Female
- Male