16 A case of pyrexia of unknown origin and recurrent hospital admissions in a cardiac patient
16 A case of pyrexia of unknown origin and recurrent hospital admissions in a cardiac patient
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London: Oxford University Press
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IntroductionPyrexia of unknown origin (PUO) is defined as a temperature greater than 38.3°C on several occasions, accompanied by three weeks of illness and a failure to reach a diagnosis after one week of inpatient investigations.1 We describe a case of a 72-year-old man with a significant cardiac history and a pacemaker in-situ presented to the em...
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16 A case of pyrexia of unknown origin and recurrent hospital admissions in a cardiac patient
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0032-5473
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1469-0756
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10.1136/postgradmedj-2018-fpm.27
