Retrospective evaluation of the febril patients hospitalized in the infectious diseases and clinical microbiology department Ateş nedeniyle Enfeksiyon Hastalıkları Kliniği'ne yatırılarak takip ve tedavi edilen hastaların retrospektif değerlendirilmesi
Pamukkale Medical Journal, cilt.13, sa.2, ss.276-283, 2020 (Scopus, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 13 Sayı: 2
- Basım Tarihi: 2020
- Doi Numarası: 10.31362/patd.638882
- Dergi Adı: Pamukkale Medical Journal
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.276-283
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Fever, fever of unknown origin, infection
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the data of patients hospitalized for fever, to investigate the causes of fever and to review the current situation. Materials and methods: Between January 2011 and May 2013, 230 patients who were admitted to our Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology Department with fever were retrospectively evaluated. Results: Of the 226 patients included in thestudy, fever was due to infection origin in 208 patients and non-infectious causes in 18 patients. Pneumonia, urinary tract infection, Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, cellulitis and respiratory viral infections were the most common infections respectively. There were 19 patients with fever unknown origin (FUO) criteria. 53% of FUO cases were classified as infection, 21% inflammatory disease, 10.5% malignancy, 10.5% undetectable disease, 5.3% other diseases. 65% of the patients had applied to the health institutions before the admission and 43% had used various antibiotics. Conclusion: In this study, it was seen that fever was the origin of infection in the majority of the patients and the FUO group constituted a small proportion. It is understood that pneumonia and urinary infections are still important among the infections causing fever and antibiotic use is very common in the febrile patients without specific etiology.