A comprehensive analysis of 174 febrile patients admitted to Okayama University Hospital.

Primary care physicians often encounter patients with fever of unknown origin and without apparent causes. Recent advances in laboratory medicine have facilitated diagnostic procedures;however, it is still difficult to determine the critical febrile factor at an early stage. We reviewed the medical records of 174 patients who were admitted due to a chief complaint of fever (>37.5℃) to our hospital during the period from 2004 to 2010. The...