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Cervico-mediastinal tuberculous lymphadenitis presenting as prolonged fever of unknown origin.

Year: 2004

Type: article

Abstract: Prolonged fever of unknown origin (FUO) is a challenging and important medical problem. Tuberculosis is the most frequent cause of FUO, especially in endemic regions, such as developing countries. We present a case of cervico-mediastinal tuberculous lymphadenitis that had been searched and followed up as a prolonged FUO. Especially in endemic areas, tuberculosis should be borne in mind in the differential diagnosis of FUO cases with granulomatous lymphadenitis presenting as prolonged or recurrent fever, even if the cultures and polymerase chain reaction for Mycobacterium tuberculosis are negative.

Source: PubMed

Authors: Yasar Bayindir, Alper Sevinc, Kivanc Serefhanoglu, Ayse But

Institutions: Inonu University, Turgut Özal Tıp Merkezi

Language: English

Topic: Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W106396572

FWCI: 0.211

Cites: 15

Cited by: 4

Related to: 10