title: Fever of unknown origin in the elderly: nine years experience in China.
abstract: This is a retrospective study of older patients admitted to the First and Second Affiliated Hospitals of Wenzhou Medical College, China, with a diagnosis of fever of unknown origin. The study took place from January 1998 to December 2006 among 102 patients who fulfilled the criteria. Infections were responsible for 50 cases (49.1%), followed by no diagnosis in 27 (26.5%), miscellaneous in nine (8.8%), neoplasms in eight (7.8%) and connective tissue disease in another eight (7.8%). Mycobacterium TB was the most frequent type of infection diagnosed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infection, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou 325000, China.
authors.forename: Minghua
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Hailong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Sheng
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Lihua
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Yanjun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Yongping
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005335:Fever of Unknown Origin / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies