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ArticleCureus2024

Persistent Fever in Tuberculosis: Clinical Experience and Literature Review.

Bereket Tewoldemedhin, Saif Al-Ethawi, Wassim Abouzeid, Charity Iheagwara, Maria Szabela, Jack Boghossian, Jihad Slim

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Bereket TewoldemedhinInternal Medicine, Suburban Community Hospital (Lower Bucks Hospital), Bristol, USA.
Saif Al-EthawiInfectious Diseases, Saint Michael's Medical Center, Newark, USA.
Wassim AbouzeidInternal Medicine, Saint Michael's Medical Center, Newark, USA.
Charity IheagwaraInfectious Diseases, Saint Michael's Medical Center, Newark, USA.
Maria SzabelaInfectious Diseases, Saint Michael's Medical Center, Newark, USA.
Jack BoghossianInfectious Diseases, Saint Michael's Medical Center, Newark, USA.
Jihad SlimInfectious Diseases, Saint Michael's Medical Center, Newark, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fever in tuberculosis has always been a challenge to clinicians treating the disease throughout history. There is a constant interplay between the host immune response and the bacillary load that results in high-grade fevers in patients with tuberculosis. In the setting of pulmonary tuberculosis, there is scant data regarding how long fevers last and the exact pathophysiology of its prolonged duration, especially once appropriate antituberculosis medication is initiated.  This case report elucidates our experience in treating a patient presenting with smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis with significant bacillary load; despite responding microbiologically to antituberculosis therapy, he clinically continued to have persistent fever.

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fever and tuberculosisimmune reconstitution syndromepersistent feversteroids in tuberculosistb – tuberculosis

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PMID39411606
PMCPMC11474518

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