FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN


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The article discusses the approaches to examination of patients with fever of unknown origin (FUO), which can masks life-threatening diseases (tuberculosis, malignancies, systemic diseases, etc.). The classification of FUO is presented; underlying causes and options for the clinical picture are considered. It is emphasized that FUO is one of the most topical problem of clinic of internal diseases, which requires not only improvement the management with application of new technologies, but also the cooperation of clinical centers, summarizing their experience in the multicenter clinical trials.

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