EPIDEMIOLOGY OF FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN (FUO) AT IMBABA FEVER HOSPITAL, GIZA GOVERNORATE, EGYPT
ALBALAKOSY, A., HUSSEIN, M., KHALIL, M., HUSSEIN, H., ABDALLAH, M., ASKAR, S. (2022). EPIDEMIOLOGY OF FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN (FUO) AT IMBABA FEVER HOSPITAL, GIZA GOVERNORATE, EGYPT. EKB Journal Management System, 52(2), 169-176. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2022.257329
AMIRA ALBALAKOSY; MUBARAK HUSSEIN; MAHMOUD KHALIL; HEND HUSSEIN; MAHA ABDALLAH; SAFAA R. ASKAR. "EPIDEMIOLOGY OF FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN (FUO) AT IMBABA FEVER HOSPITAL, GIZA GOVERNORATE, EGYPT". EKB Journal Management System, 52, 2, 2022, 169-176. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2022.257329
ALBALAKOSY, A., HUSSEIN, M., KHALIL, M., HUSSEIN, H., ABDALLAH, M., ASKAR, S. (2022). 'EPIDEMIOLOGY OF FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN (FUO) AT IMBABA FEVER HOSPITAL, GIZA GOVERNORATE, EGYPT', EKB Journal Management System, 52(2), pp. 169-176. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2022.257329
ALBALAKOSY, A., HUSSEIN, M., KHALIL, M., HUSSEIN, H., ABDALLAH, M., ASKAR, S. EPIDEMIOLOGY OF FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN (FUO) AT IMBABA FEVER HOSPITAL, GIZA GOVERNORATE, EGYPT. EKB Journal Management System, 2022; 52(2): 169-176. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2022.257329

EPIDEMIOLOGY OF FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN (FUO) AT IMBABA FEVER HOSPITAL, GIZA GOVERNORATE, EGYPT

Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology
Volume 52, Issue 2, August 2022, Page 169-176  XML PDF (805.54 K)
DOI: 10.21608/jesp.2022.257329
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Authors
AMIRA ALBALAKOSY1; MUBARAK HUSSEIN1; MAHMOUD KHALIL2; HEND HUSSEIN1; MAHA ABDALLAH1; SAFAA R. ASKAR1
1Department of Tropical Medicine1, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566
2Department of Infectious diseases, Imbaba Fever Hospital, Cairo, Egypt
Abstract
Fever of unknown origin (FUO) is caused by various diseases, and infections were the most frequent
causes of FUO. The progress of the diagnostic techniques may have changed the breakdown of diseases
causing FUO. This prospective study aimed to explore the clinical spectrum of fevers of undetermined
origin (FUO) among adult patients treated at the Imbaba Fever Hospital from June 2018 to May
2019.
All Egyptian patients who met the FUO criteria and were hospitalized during this period were followed
up until they were diagnosed. They were 350 of whom186 females (53.1%) and 164 males
(46.9%), with ages ranged from 18 to 82 years (32.77±14.4). The commonest FUO cause was infections
(72%), followed by autoimmune diseases (20%), malignancies accounted (2%) of the total with
the diagnosis unknown in 4.6%. Brucellosis and pneumonia were considered major causes of infections.
Keywords
Patients; FUO; Infections; Brucellosis; Autoimmune diseases
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