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Published on: November 25, 2022
Noninfectious causes of fever in adults
Gregory M Steele1, Carlos Franco-Paredes, Daniel B Chastain
1Gregory M. Steele is a family NP with Phoebe Infectious Diseases, Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, Albany, Ga. Carlos Franco-Paredes is an associate professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Center, Aurora, Colo. Daniel B. Chastain is a clinical assistant professor at the University of Georgia, College of Pharmacy, Department of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy, Albany, Ga.
Abstract:
Fever is a common clinical sign encountered in hospitalized patients and often represents the cardinal sign of infectious processes. However, a number of noninfectious etiologies causing fever should be considered prior to initiating broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy. Reducing unnecessary antibiotic use is crucial in an era of increasing resistance.
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