SavedAdd your journal

Journals / İnfeksiyon Dergisi / 2004 / Cilt: 18 - Sayı: 1

Adult Still's disease in the etiology of fever of unknown origin: Review of four cases

Nedeni bilinmeyen ateş etiyolojisinde erişkin Still hastalığı: Dört olgunun incelenmesi

M. Faruk GEYİK
Ö. Faruk KÖKOĞLU
M. Kemal ÇELEN
Şerife AKALIN
Salih HOŞOĞLU
Celal AYAZ
Pages
91–94
Publication Date
2022-10-17
DOI
—
🏛️Bibliographic metadata and full text access for this article are provided via DergiPark.
DergiPark Record ↗
✨

AI Summary & Key Takeaways

AI Insight
⚡ TL;DR(Too Long; Didn't Read)

In this study, four cases of adult Still's disease who had fever longer than three weeks are presented.

📌 3 Key Takeaways

🎯
Objective & Hypothesis:Infection diseases are the most common cause of fever of unknown origin (FUO) in Turkey.
📊
Key Findings & Data:At the same time, connective tisue diseases are also very important causes of FUO.
💡
Conclusion & Impact:In this study, four cases of adult Still's disease who had fever longer than three weeks are presented.
🔬Design:Research Article
📍Scope:Comprehensive Sample
⚙️Variables:Domain Parameters

Abstract

Infection diseases are the most common cause of fever of unknown origin (FUO) in Turkey. At the same time, connective tisue diseases are also very important causes of FUO. Adult Still's disease, a connective tissue disease, has been reported frequently in the etiology of FUO in recent series. In this study, four cases of adult Still's disease who had fever longer than three weeks are presented.

Özet

Türkiye'de nedeni bilinmeyen ateş (NBA)'in en sık nedeni İnfeksiyon hastalıkları olmakla beraber, kollajen doku hastalıkları da sık görülmektedir. Nedeni bilinmeyen ateş etyolojisinde en sık İnfeksiyon dışı neden olarak kollajen doku hastalıklarından erişkin Stili hastalığı son zamanlarda sık olarak bildirilmektedir. Bu çalışmada, üç haftadan uzun süren ateş yakınmaları ile başvuran ve erişkin Stili hastalığı tanısı alan dört olgu gözden geçirilmiştir.

🔖

Cite This Article

GEYİK, M. F., KÖKOĞLU, Ö. F., ÇELEN, M. K., AKALIN, Ş., HOŞOĞLU, S., AYAZ, C. (2022). Adult Still's disease in the etiology of fever of unknown origin: Review of four cases. İnfeksiyon Dergisi, Cilt: 18 - Sayı: 1, 91–94. https://ajindex.com/articles/546524

📄 Full Text PDF Viewer

📄

PDF görüntüleyici hazırlanıyor...

References (17)

  1. Petersdorf RG, Beeson PB. Fever of unexplained origin: Report on 100 cases. Medicine 1961; 40:1 -30
  2. Schiller D, Mittermayer H. Hyperferritinemia as a marker of Still's disease. Clin Infect Dis 1998; 26: 534-5
  3. Tabak F, Mert A. Nedeni bilinmeyen ateş. İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları Serisi 1998; 1:35-43
  4. Saltoğlu N, Taşova Y, Yılmaz G, Dündar İH. Nedeni bilinmeyen ateş: 54 olgunun değerlendirilmesi (Özet). Tekeli E, Willke A, ed
  5. Türk Klinik Mikrobiyoloji ve İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları Kongresi (6-10 Ekim 1997, Antalya) Kongre Program ve Özet Kitabı'nda. İstanbul: Klinik Mikrobiyoloji ve İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları Derneği ve Türk Mikrobiyoloji Cemiyeti, 1997: 670
  6. De Kleijn EM, van der Meer JW. Fever of unknow origin (FUO): report on 53 patients in a Dutch university hospital. Neth J Med 1995; 47: 54-60
  7. Esposito AL, Gleclman RA. A diagnostic approach to the adult with fever of unknow origin. Arch Intern Med 1979; 139: 575-9
  8. Likuni Y, Okada J, Kondo H, Kashiwazaki S. Current fever of unknown origin 1982-1992. Intern Med 1994; 33: 67-73
  9. Kazanjian PH. Fever of unknow origin: review of 86 patients treated in community hospitals. Clin Infect Dis 1992; 15:968-73
  10. Nguyen KH, Weisman MH. Severe sore throat as a presenting symptom of adult onset Still's disease: a case series and review of the literature J Rheumatol 1997; 24: 592-7
  11. Reginato AJ, Shmach HR, Baker Jr DG, O'Connor CR, Ferreiros J. Adult onset Still's disease: experience in 23 patients and literature review with emphasis on organ failure. Semin Arthritis Rheum 1987; 17: 39-57
  12. Reet CV, Moel GL, Lasne Y, et al. Serum ferritin and isoferritins are tools for diagnosis of active adult Still's disease. J Rheumatol 1994; 21 890-5
  13. Akriditis N, Giannakakis Y, Sakkas L. Very high serum ferritin level in adult-onset Still's disease. Br J Rheumatol 1997; 36: 608-9
  14. Yamaguchi M, Otha A, tsenematsu T, et al. Preliminatory criteria for classification of adult Still's disease. J Rheumatol 1992; 19: 424-30
  15. Scopelitis E, Perez M, Biundo Jr JJ. Leukopenia in Still's disease. JAMA 1984; 252:2450-2
  16. Ohta A, Yamaguchi M, Tsunematsu T, et al. Adult Still's disease: a multicenter survey of Japanese patients. J Rheumatol 1990; 17:1058-63
  17. Sampalis JS, Esdaile JM, Medsger TA, et al. A controlled study of long-term prognosis of adult Still's disease. Am J Med 1995; 98:384-8.