TABLE 1

Infection or Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Disease as Cause of FUO

ConditionNo. of patients
Vertebral osteomyelitis*1
Leptospirosis*1
Infected hemodialysis catheter placed in superior vena cava†1
Pyelonephritis†1
Diverticulitis (Salmonella dublin)†1
Abdominal abscess†1
Crohn’s disease†2

  • ↵* Not identified on false-negative scintigram.

  • ↵† Identified on true-positive scintigram.