Tuberculosis without fever
Feingold, A.O.
Southern Medical Journal 68(6): 751-753
1975
ISSN/ISBN: 0038-4348 PMID: 1135655 Document Number: 88759
Fever is usually thought to accompany tuberculosis. However, a review of 103 cases of tuberculosis presenting to a general hospital showed that 53% of the patients did not have fever when they first came to the outpatient clinic, and 10% did not have fever at any time while under observation. Absence of fever in a patient with pulmonary disease should not be used as evidence against the presence of tuberculosis.
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