bacterial infection

Last reviewed 01/2018

Bacterial causes of a pyrexia of unknown origin include:

  • tuberculosis
  • infective endocarditis
  • localised abscesses
  • prostatitis
  • sinusitis
  • enteric fever i.e. typhoid and paratyphoid
  • listeriosis
  • brucellosis
  • pericarditis
  • osteomyelitis
  • cholangitis
  • pyelonephritis
  • Q fever