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recurrent fever
Etiology:
1) infections producing progeny with different biological clocks, i.e. malaria
2) production of immune complexes: hepatitis B
3) different immunologic phases of an infection: leptospirosis
4) brucellosis
5) disseminated fungal infections:
a) coccidioidomycosis
b) histoplasmosis
6) parasites with intraluminal migration
a) Schistosoma mansoni
b) Schistosoma japonicum
c) strongylodiasis
d) Entamoeba histolytica
e) trypanosomiasis
f) Brugia
g) Loa Loa
7) intracellular bacteria-induced lysis of WBC or RBC
a) Bartonella
b) Ehrlichia
8) borreliosis
General
fever
References
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, American
College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998