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+====== Fever of unknown origin ======
+  * Abbreviated as **FUO**
+===== Abbreviations =====
+  * FUO = fever of unknown origin
+----
+===== Definition =====
+The following 3 criteria were the original definition of FUO: <sup>([[#references|Petersdorf 1961]])</sup>
+  - Fever > 101°F (38.3°C),
+  - Illness > 3 weeks in duration, and
+  - No diagnosis after 1 week of hospitalization
+----
+===== Further reading =====
+==== Internal ====
+==== External ====
+  * **[[https://www.aafp.org/afp/2003/1201/p2223.html|Approach to adult patient with FUO]]** (American Academy of Family Physicians)
+----
+===== References =====
+  * **Petersdorf** RG, Beeson PB. [[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/13734791/|Fever of unexplained origin: report on 100 cases]]. Medicine (Baltimore). **1961**;40:1-30. DOI: 10.1097/00005792-196102000-00001
+  * **Roth** AR, Basello GM. [[https://www.aafp.org/afp/2003/1201/p2223.html|Approach to the Adult Patient with Fever of Unknown Origin]] (open-access, [[https://www.aafp.org/afp/2003/1201/afp20031201p2223.pdf|PDF]]). Am Fam Physician. **2003**;68(11):2223-2229.
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