differential diagnosis
 
   

Causes can be considered in terms of:

  • infective causes
  • malignant causes
  • connective tissue disease
  • drugs - virtually any drug
  • endocrine causes
  • inherited causes
  • others

The differential diagnosis is altered if the fever has lasted for more than 3 weeks.

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