Letters to the Editor Page 1 a large number of these smaller components to form sensible
combinations or patterns. This process of breaking down sound waveforms and reformulating …

This article revisits concepts of pyrexia of unknown origin to reflect current clinical practice. It
describes the evolution of the term, in line with the changing spectrum and pace of …

Fifty-eight-year-old man presented with pyrexia for 2½ months duration, posing challenge in
identifying the cause. The history of presenting illness (symptoms) and repeated clinical …

PUO has been a dilemma for a long time for doctors as well as patients, as fever is no doubt
a marker of disease and not a disease itself and when this marker is not linked with other …

Pyrexia of unknown origin encompasses a heterogenous group of conditions that occur in
patients presenting to both primary care and emergency departments. Despite …

One year prior to our consultation, our patient, a Brazilian man who had lived in Spain for 3
years, had received a probable diagnosis of alcohol-induced hepatopathy. Ten months later …

Comparison was made of the aetiology and methods of diagnosis in two series of patients
meeting the classic criteria of pyrexia of unknown origin during 1968-1981 and during 1982 …

Pyrexia of unknown origin (PUO) was initially defined by Petersdorf and Beeson in 1961 as"
a condition in which a fever of 38.3 C or higher is observed several times for more than 3 …

We present a case of a 30-year-old German student who was admitted with persistent fever,
weight loss, joint pains and headache. She was originally referred for an oncology opinion …

Pyrexia of Unknown Origin Page 1 CHAPTER 25 Pyrexia of Unknown Origin BRENDAANG
DEFINITION Pyrexia of unknown origin (PUO), or fever of unknown origin (FUO), is a condition …