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Intermittent fever

MedGen UID:
82922
Concept ID:
C0277799
Finding; Finding
Synonyms: Fever, episodic; Fever, intermittent; Hyperthermia, episodic
SNOMED CT: Intermittent fever (77957000); Periodic fever, not disease (77957000); Picket fence fever (77957000)

Definition

Cycles of fever with intervening periods of normothermia. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVIntermittent fever

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Chen R, Lin Q, Zhu Y, Shen Y, Xu Q, Tang H, Cui N, Jiang L, Dai X, Chen W, Li X
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2023 Sep 22;18(1):297. doi: 10.1186/s13023-023-02861-9. PMID: 37736751Free PMC Article
Relhan V, Sahay RR, Shete AM, Yadav PD, Sahoo B, Patil DY, Kumar S, Premachandran Syamaladevi KS, Dar L, Mohandas S, Abraham P
J Med Virol 2023 Jan;95(1):e28249. Epub 2022 Nov 2 doi: 10.1002/jmv.28249. PMID: 36271515
Betrains A, Staels F, Vanderschueren S
Semin Arthritis Rheum 2020 Aug;50(4):636-642. Epub 2020 May 25 doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2020.05.002. PMID: 32502728

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Chen R, Lin Q, Zhu Y, Shen Y, Xu Q, Tang H, Cui N, Jiang L, Dai X, Chen W, Li X
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2023 Sep 22;18(1):297. doi: 10.1186/s13023-023-02861-9. PMID: 37736751Free PMC Article
Ie K, Sakai T, Kurosu E, Motohashi I, Yagihashi K, Okuse C, Matsuda T
Intern Med 2022 Feb 1;61(3):357-360. Epub 2021 Jul 30 doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.7772-21. PMID: 34334568Free PMC Article
Radl C, Müller M, Revilla-Fernandez S, Karner-Zuser S, de Martin A, Schauer U, Karner F, Stanek G, Balcke P, Hallas A, Frank H, Fürnschlief A, Erhart F, Allerberger F
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Pediatr Infect Dis J 1996 Sep;15(9):796-800. doi: 10.1097/00006454-199609000-00012. PMID: 8878224

Diagnosis

Butt NI, Ashfaq F, Mahmood K, Aftab S, Anwar A, Saeed M
J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad 2023 Jul-Sep;35(3):475-478. doi: 10.55519/JAMC-03-10849. PMID: 38404096
Ghaffar T, Babar B, Ahmad MS, Rahman A, Zia S, Aamir AH
J Pak Med Assoc 2023 Jan;73(1):177-179. doi: 10.47391/JPMA.4974. PMID: 36842035
Kolman KB, Losey KR
J Fam Pract 2018 Jan;67(1):39-42. PMID: 29309474
Sathiyasekaran M, Varadharajan R, Shivbalan S
Indian Pediatr 2004 Feb;41(2):192-4. PMID: 15004309
Hansen L, Christensen JJ, Breum L
Scand J Infect Dis 2003;35(6-7):418-9. doi: 10.1080/00365540310011074. PMID: 12953960

Therapy

Moreira Ferreira VF, Kimbrough DJ, Stankiewicz JM
Mult Scler 2021 Jan;27(1):155-158. Epub 2020 May 19 doi: 10.1177/1352458520910486. PMID: 32427524
Venkatnarayan K, Raj R, Krishnaswamy UM, Ramachandran P, Devaraj U, Crasta J, Aijaz T
Chest 2020 Feb;157(2):e25-e29. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2019.09.037. PMID: 32033657
Huang HL, Lin CY, Chang YT, Chen YH, Wu WT, Lu PL
J Microbiol Immunol Infect 2016 Apr;49(2):300-4. Epub 2013 Jul 6 doi: 10.1016/j.jmii.2013.05.005. PMID: 23838263
Knight SM, Symmons DP
Ann Rheum Dis 1998 Dec;57(12):711-4. doi: 10.1136/ard.57.12.711. PMID: 10070269Free PMC Article
Morier P
Dermatologica 1990;181(3):240-1. doi: 10.1159/000247941. PMID: 2125281

Prognosis

Ie K, Sakai T, Kurosu E, Motohashi I, Yagihashi K, Okuse C, Matsuda T
Intern Med 2022 Feb 1;61(3):357-360. Epub 2021 Jul 30 doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.7772-21. PMID: 34334568Free PMC Article
Moreira Ferreira VF, Kimbrough DJ, Stankiewicz JM
Mult Scler 2021 Jan;27(1):155-158. Epub 2020 May 19 doi: 10.1177/1352458520910486. PMID: 32427524
Venkatnarayan K, Raj R, Krishnaswamy UM, Ramachandran P, Devaraj U, Crasta J, Aijaz T
Chest 2020 Feb;157(2):e25-e29. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2019.09.037. PMID: 32033657
Kolman KB, Losey KR
J Fam Pract 2018 Jan;67(1):39-42. PMID: 29309474
Sathiyasekaran M, Varadharajan R, Shivbalan S
Indian Pediatr 2004 Feb;41(2):192-4. PMID: 15004309

Clinical prediction guides

Nair N, Baikunje N, Hosmane GB, Kumar S
BMJ Case Rep 2022 Sep 20;15(9) doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-248711. PMID: 36127036Free PMC Article
Ie K, Sakai T, Kurosu E, Motohashi I, Yagihashi K, Okuse C, Matsuda T
Intern Med 2022 Feb 1;61(3):357-360. Epub 2021 Jul 30 doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.7772-21. PMID: 34334568Free PMC Article
Cortés-Vázquez YD, Mejía-Rios LC, Priego-Niño A, Salgado-Arroyo V, Cabrales-Santiago HE, Gutiérrez-Quiróz C, Cruz NO
Cir Cir 2021;89(5):664-668. doi: 10.24875/CIRU.20000693. PMID: 34665162
Yousef E, Arshad Alvi M
Eur Ann Allergy Clin Immunol 2016 Sep;48(5):194-6. PMID: 27608476
Huang HL, Lin CY, Chang YT, Chen YH, Wu WT, Lu PL
J Microbiol Immunol Infect 2016 Apr;49(2):300-4. Epub 2013 Jul 6 doi: 10.1016/j.jmii.2013.05.005. PMID: 23838263

Recent systematic reviews

Li N, Zhao J, Liu Y, Zhang Y
Front Immunol 2024;15:1450576. Epub 2024 Sep 20 doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1450576. PMID: 39372409Free PMC Article
Ling F, Guo T, Li J, Chen Y, Xu M, Li S, Zhu L
Front Immunol 2022;13:980242. Epub 2022 Sep 30 doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.980242. PMID: 36248856Free PMC Article
Wang Y, Wu N, Yu K, Shen M
Front Immunol 2021;12:735851. Epub 2021 Oct 22 doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.735851. PMID: 34745107Free PMC Article
Betrains A, Staels F, Vanderschueren S
Semin Arthritis Rheum 2020 Aug;50(4):636-642. Epub 2020 May 25 doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2020.05.002. PMID: 32502728
Santana IU, Dias B, Nunes EA, Rocha FA, Silva FS Jr, Santiago MB
Semin Arthritis Rheum 2015 Jun;44(6):658-65. Epub 2014 Dec 29 doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2014.12.004. PMID: 25704907

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