Drug fever. Remember to consider it in diagnosis.
Drug fever should be considered in the differential diagnosis of any patient with unexplained fever. Clues in the history, physical examination, and laboratory assessment can point to the diagnosis before extensive, costly, and potentially harmful investigations and therapies are begun.
Hanson
M A
MA
Department of Family Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905.
D004342:Drug Hypersensitivity / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; D005334:Fever / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans