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A 32-year-old woman had been evaluated one month earlier for low-grade fevers and malaise. Her temperature at that time was 37.9°C (100.2°F), but her history and physical examination were otherwise unremarkable. She was told that she probably had a viral syndrome, and she was treated supportively. She returned one week later with the same symptoms, and on the basis of a distant history of sinus problems, she was given a one-week course of amoxicillin for possible sinusitis. Her fever persisted.

This patient has a subacute febrile illness. Initially she was told she had two conditions: a viral syndrome and sinusitis. . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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From the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center (M.B.) and the Divisions of General Internal Medicine (M.B.) and Infectious Diseases (S.J.G.), University of Pennsylvania Medical Center — both in Philadelphia.

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