Anemia ; complications ; Child ; Female ; Fever ; complications ; Humans ; Hypereosinophilic Syndrome ; complications ; diagnosis ; therapy ; Splenomegaly ; complications

Adolescent ; Cough ; complications ; Fatal Outcome ; Female ; Fever ; complications ; Humans ; Pulmonary Fibrosis ; complications ; diagnosis

We report a case of hemophagocytic syndrome (HPS) secondary to brucellosis, in which typhoidal cells were found in bone marrow, suggesting typhoidal cells present not only in Salmonella typhi infections but also in other bacterial infections. Typhoidal cells in bone marrow can be used to quickly identify the presence of bacterial infection pending the results of bone marrow and/or blood cultures.
Female ; Humans ; Typhoid Fever/microbiology* ; Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic/etiology* ; Brucellosis/complications*

Acupuncture Therapy ; Adult ; Female ; Fever ; complications ; Humans ; Neuralgia ; etiology ; therapy

Bacterial Infections ; complications ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Factitious Disorders ; complications ; Fever of Unknown Origin ; diagnosis ; etiology ; psychology ; Humans ; Vasculitis ; complications ; Virus Diseases ; complications

A 37 year-old-woman was admitted to the hospital because of 15 days' duration of continuous fever. Routine studies for detection of fever foci were negative. Imaging studies revealed giant hemangioma of the liver with central thrombosis. The fever persisted for a period of 4 weeks, and subsided after conservative management. We report a case of hepatic hemangioma presenting with fever of unknown origin. The condition is very rare, but should be regarded as one of the causes of fever of unknown origin.
Adult ; Female ; Fever of Unknown Origin/*etiology ; Hemangioma/complications/*diagnosis ; Humans ; Liver Neoplasms/complications/*diagnosis

A boy, aged 11 years, was admitted due to intermittent fever for 15 days, cough for 10 days, and "hemoptysis" for 7 days. The boy had fever and cough with left neck pain 15 days ago, and antibiotic treatment was effective. During the course of disease, the boy developed massive "hemoptysis" which caused shock. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy revealed a left pyriform sinus fistula with continuous bleeding. In combination with neck and vascular imaging examination results, the boy was diagnosed with internal jugular vein injury and thrombosis due to congenital pyriform sinus fistula infection and neck abscess. The boy was improved after treatment with temperature-controlled radiofrequency ablation for the closure of pyriform sinus fistula, and no recurrence was observed during the follow-up for one year and six months. No reports of massive hemorrhage and shock due to pyriform sinus fistula infection were found in the searched literature, and this article summarizes the clinical features, diagnosis, and treatment of this boy, so as to provide a reference for the early diagnosis of such disease and the prevention and treatment of its complications.
Abscess/surgery* ; Cough ; Fever/complications* ; Fistula/surgery* ; Hemoptysis/complications* ; Humans ; Male ; Neck ; Shock

Humans ; Pharyngitis ; complications ; microbiology ; Rheumatic Fever ; etiology ; Streptococcal Infections ; complications ; Streptococcus pyogenes

Adult ; Fever ; etiology ; Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage ; etiology ; Humans ; Male ; Polyps ; complications ; Stomach Diseases ; complications

Adolescent ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Electrocardiography ; Female ; Fever ; complications ; Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome ; blood ; complications ; pathology ; Humans ; Hypergammaglobulinemia ; blood ; Immunoglobulin M ; blood ; Male ; Pain ; complications