Opportunistic Infections
"Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) in HIV Infected Patents - Etiology and Diagnostic Work-Up."
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, April 6th, 1998
According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the Sixth European Conference on Clinical Aspects and Treatment of HIV Infection, held October 11-15, 1997, in Hamburg, Germany, "Background: The term FUO was defined by Petersdorf and Beeson in 1961; Durack and Street have introduced a special definition for HIV infected patients (pts) in 1992. Methods: Retrospective analysis of 660 hospital admissions in the infectious disease section of our dept. from 10, 1988 to 12, 1995. Results: 660 hospital admissions were analyzed, 24 of these could not be evaluated; 51 (7.7%) FUO episodes in 50 patients (49 male, 1 female) were observed. Median age was 43 years. 42...
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