title: Good and bad fever.
abstract: Fever is considered a key actor of innate immunity aimed to fight infection. A new investigation reports an association of the use of antipyretic drugs with poorer outcome among patients with sepsis. In contrast, high temperature in non-infectious intensive care patients is associated with higher mortality.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Cytokines & Inflammation, Department of Infection and Epidemiology, Institut Pasteur, 28 rue Dr Roux, F-75015 Paris, France. jean-marc.cavaillon@pasteur.fr
authors.forename: Jean-Marc
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Cavaillon
mesh_terms: D058633:Antipyretics / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001831:Body Temperature / Q000187:drug effects*; D016638:Critical Illness / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000401:mortality*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018805:Sepsis / Q000401:mortality*
chemical_list: D058633:Antipyretics