title: Etiology of obscure fever in children at a university hospital in northeast Thailand.
abstract: Obscure fever is not an uncommon problem in Thailand. We studied 25 children with obscure fever admitted to Srinagarind (university) Hospital in Northeast Thailand. The etiology was identified in 52% of the cases: dengue (40%), leptospirosis (8%), and micrococcus septicemia (4%). Two cases with primary dengue infection developed dengue shock syndrome. The case with leptospirosis developed infection-associated, hemophagocytic syndrome. We found no cases of Japanese encephalitis, scrub typhus or murine typhus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Srinagarind Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Thailand.
authors.forename: Rosawan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sripanidkulchai
authors.forename: Pagakrong
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lumbiganon
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005335:Fever of Unknown Origin / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D013785:Thailand