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Unexplained fevers

MedGen UID:
337055
Concept ID:
C1844662
Finding
Synonym: Unexplained fever
 
HPO: HP:0001955

Definition

Episodes of fever for which no infectious cause can be identified. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVUnexplained fevers

Conditions with this feature

Diabetes insipidus, nephrogenic, X-linked
MedGen UID:
288785
Concept ID:
C1563705
Disease or Syndrome
Hereditary nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (NDI) is characterized by inability to concentrate the urine, which results in polyuria (excessive urine production) and polydipsia (excessive thirst). Affected untreated infants usually have poor feeding and failure to thrive, and rapid onset of severe dehydration with illness, hot environment, or the withholding of water. Short stature and secondary dilatation of the ureters and bladder from the high urine volume is common in untreated individuals.
Diabetes insipidus, nephrogenic, autosomal
MedGen UID:
289643
Concept ID:
C1563706
Disease or Syndrome
Hereditary nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (NDI) is characterized by inability to concentrate the urine, which results in polyuria (excessive urine production) and polydipsia (excessive thirst). Affected untreated infants usually have poor feeding and failure to thrive, and rapid onset of severe dehydration with illness, hot environment, or the withholding of water. Short stature and secondary dilatation of the ureters and bladder from the high urine volume is common in untreated individuals.
TMEM165-congenital disorder of glycosylation
MedGen UID:
766485
Concept ID:
C3553571
Disease or Syndrome
CDG2K is an autosomal recessive disorder with a variable phenotype. Affected individuals show psychomotor retardation and growth retardation, and most have short stature. Other features include dysmorphism, hypotonia, eye abnormalities, acquired microcephaly, hepatomegaly, and skeletal dysplasia. Serum transferrin analysis shows a CDG type II pattern (summary by Foulquier et al., 2012). For a general discussion of CDGs, see CDG1A (212065) and CDG2A (212066).
Combined oxidative phosphorylation deficiency 57
MedGen UID:
1824048
Concept ID:
C5774275
Disease or Syndrome
Combined oxidative phosphorylation deficiency-57 (COXPD57) is an autosomal recessive multisystem mitochondrial disease with varying degrees of severity from premature death in infancy to permanent disability in young adulthood (Lee et al., 2022). For a discussion of genetic heterogeneity of combined oxidative phosphorylation deficiency, see COXPD1 (609060).

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Pierce D, Calkins BC, Thornton K
Am Fam Physician 2012 May 15;85(10):981-6. PMID: 22612050
Anglaret X, Dakoury-Dogbo N, Bonard D, Touré S, Combe P, Ouassa T, Menan H, N'Dri-Yoman T, Dabis F, Salamon R; ANRS 059-Cotrimo-CI study group
AIDS 2002 Apr 12;16(6):909-18. doi: 10.1097/00002030-200204120-00011. PMID: 11919493

Curated

UK NICE Guideline NG143, Fever in under 5s: assessment and initial management, 2021

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Pierce D, Calkins BC, Thornton K
Am Fam Physician 2012 May 15;85(10):981-6. PMID: 22612050
Picchioni D, Hope CR, Harsh JR
Neuroepidemiology 2007;29(3-4):185-92. Epub 2007 Nov 27 doi: 10.1159/000111581. PMID: 18043003
Probert C, Ehmann WC, al-Mondhiry H, Ballard J, Helm KF
Int J Dermatol 1998 Feb;37(2):108-12. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.1998.00270.x. PMID: 9542664
Arant BS Jr
Am J Kidney Dis 1991 May;17(5):491-511. doi: 10.1016/s0272-6386(12)80490-2. PMID: 2024650
Garibaldi RA, Brodine S, Matsumiya S, Coleman M
Infect Control 1985 Jul;6(7):273-7. doi: 10.1017/s0195941700061749. PMID: 3847403

Diagnosis

Statler VA, Marshall GS
Pediatr Ann 2018 Sep 1;47(9):e347-e353. doi: 10.3928/19382359-20180806-01. PMID: 30208193
Hausmann JS, Dedeoglu F
Dermatol Clin 2013 Jul;31(3):481-94. Epub 2013 Jun 2 doi: 10.1016/j.det.2013.04.003. PMID: 23827250
Pierce D, Calkins BC, Thornton K
Am Fam Physician 2012 May 15;85(10):981-6. PMID: 22612050
Probert C, Ehmann WC, al-Mondhiry H, Ballard J, Helm KF
Int J Dermatol 1998 Feb;37(2):108-12. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.1998.00270.x. PMID: 9542664
Komaroff AL
Ciba Found Symp 1993;173:43-54; discussion 54-61. doi: 10.1002/9780470514382.ch4. PMID: 8491106

Therapy

Hausmann JS, Dedeoglu F
Dermatol Clin 2013 Jul;31(3):481-94. Epub 2013 Jun 2 doi: 10.1016/j.det.2013.04.003. PMID: 23827250
Pierce D, Calkins BC, Thornton K
Am Fam Physician 2012 May 15;85(10):981-6. PMID: 22612050
Picchioni D, Hope CR, Harsh JR
Neuroepidemiology 2007;29(3-4):185-92. Epub 2007 Nov 27 doi: 10.1159/000111581. PMID: 18043003
Probert C, Ehmann WC, al-Mondhiry H, Ballard J, Helm KF
Int J Dermatol 1998 Feb;37(2):108-12. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.1998.00270.x. PMID: 9542664
Garibaldi RA, Brodine S, Matsumiya S, Coleman M
Infect Control 1985 Jul;6(7):273-7. doi: 10.1017/s0195941700061749. PMID: 3847403

Prognosis

Leung MT, Sit JKK, Cheung HN, Iu YP, Chan WKY, Shek CC
J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 2019 Aug 27;32(8):915-920. doi: 10.1515/jpem-2019-0028. PMID: 31271558
Bailey C, Dearden C, Ardeshna K
BMJ Case Rep 2017 Apr 26;2017 doi: 10.1136/bcr-2016-219057. PMID: 28446487Free PMC Article
Kabapy AF, Kotkat AM, Shatat HZ, Abd El Wahab EW
J Infect Dev Ctries 2016 Jan 31;10(1):30-42. doi: 10.3855/jidc.7198. PMID: 26829535
Tsiamis C, Piperaki ET, Kalantzis G, Poulakou Rebelakou E, Tompros N, Thalassinou E, Spilipoulou C, Tsakris A
Infez Med 2015 Sep;23(3):288-95. PMID: 26397304
Schutze GE, Mason EO Jr, Barson WJ, Kim KS, Wald ER, Givner LB, Tan TQ, Bradley JS, Yogev R, Kaplan SL
Pediatr Infect Dis J 2002 Apr;21(4):278-82. doi: 10.1097/00006454-200204000-00004. PMID: 12075756

Clinical prediction guides

Blum NJ, Bird LM, Stein MT
J Dev Behav Pediatr 2009 Feb;30(1):72-4. doi: 10.1097/DBP.0b013e3181976a83. PMID: 19218848
Steensma DP, Mesa RA, Li CY, Gray L, Tefferi A
Blood 2002 Mar 15;99(6):2252-4. doi: 10.1182/blood.v99.6.2252. PMID: 11877307
Everett ED, Evans KA, Henry RB, McDonald G
Ann Intern Med 1994 May 1;120(9):730-5. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-120-9-199405010-00002. PMID: 8147545
Arant BS Jr
Am J Kidney Dis 1991 May;17(5):491-511. doi: 10.1016/s0272-6386(12)80490-2. PMID: 2024650
Williams MD, al-Rubei K, Hill FG
Thromb Haemost 1988 Aug 30;60(1):97-101. PMID: 3263713

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