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Table 1 Patient demographics

From: Findings in whole body MRI and conventional imaging in patients with fever of unknown origin-a retrospective study

age [years]

mean ± SD

54 ± 21

median

58 (7–81)

gender

male

16

female

8

Neutropenia

Yes

1

No

23

CRP (mg/l)

mean ± SD

102 ± 89

focus category*

hepatobiliary

3

musculoskeletal

2

respiratory

6

cardial

5

enteropathic

2

other

4

none

4

Underlying disease

Yes

14

No

10

  1. *Note: Two patients had two infectious foci
  2. Neutropenia was defined as < 1000/μL leucocytes
  3. CRP C-reactive protein
  4. SD Standard deviation
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