Author/Authors
Büke, A Ç Ege Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Enfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim Dalı, Turkey
Title Of Article
Fever in the elderly
شماره ركورد
14756
Abstract
Infectious diseases are the major cause of fever in elderly. Other than infectious diseases, collagen tissue disorders and malignant diseases are also associated with fever. The most common infectious diseases in elderly are; urinary tract infections, pneumonia and septicemia. But many of the elderly patients with infectious diseases did not have high fever, tachypnea, and tachycardia. In this manuscript common infections occurring in the elderly and differential diagnosis of fever is discussed.
From Page
37
NaturalLanguageKeyword
Fever , infectious diseases , elderly
JournalTitle
Ege Journal Of Medicine
To Page
41
JournalTitle
Ege Journal Of Medicine
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