title: Fever: genuine or factitious?
abstract: Although patients with factitious fever form a small subgroup of all patients investigated for fever of unknown origin, the diagnosis should be kept in mind. If unsuspected, this phenomenon can lead to a multiplicity of laboratory investigations and misuse of hospital beds, as well as to unnecessary risk to the patient.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D005335:Fever of Unknown Origin / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012920:Social Behavior Disorders / Q000150:complications