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Fever with chills

MedGen UID:
43212
•Concept ID:
C0085594
•
Sign or Symptom
Synonyms: Chills and fever; Fever Chills
SNOMED CT: Chills and fever (274640006); Fever with chills (274640006)

Definition

Shivering secondary to a febrile process. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVFever with chills

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Generalized pustular psoriasis: practical recommendations for Spanish primary care and emergency physicians.
Rivera-Diaz R, Epelde F, Heras-Hitos JA, Martínez Virto AM, Dávalos Marin AJ, Senán Sanz MR, Carrascosa JM
Postgrad Med 2023 Nov;135(8):766-774. Epub 2024 Jan 10 doi: 10.1080/00325481.2023.2285730. PMID: 38019177
ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Acute Respiratory Illness in Immunocompromised Patients.
Expert Panel on Thoracic Imaging, Lee C, Colletti PM, Chung JH, Ackman JB, Berry MF, Carter BW, de Groot PM, Hobbs SB, Johnson GB, Maldonado F, McComb BL, Tong BC, Walker CM, Kanne JP
J Am Coll Radiol 2019 Nov;16(11S):S331-S339. doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2019.05.019. PMID: 31685101
Best Clinical Practice: Blood Culture Utility in the Emergency Department.
Long B, Koyfman A
J Emerg Med 2016 Nov;51(5):529-539. Epub 2016 Sep 14 doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2016.07.003. PMID: 27639424

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Unexplained fever in a young man with Crohn's disease: a case report and review of literature.
Deroo L, Elewaut A, Van Moerkercke W
Acta Clin Belg 2021 Feb;76(1):60-64. Epub 2019 Jul 26 doi: 10.1080/17843286.2019.1646515. PMID: 31347993
The first cancer patient with COVID-19 in Slovakia.
Slopovský J, Šálek T, Pazderová N, Zomborská E, Makovník M, Palacka P, Horniczká K, Stankovič I, Pörsök Š
Klin Onkol 2020 Spring;33(5):386-389. doi: 10.14735/amko2020386. PMID: 33108884
Persistent fever with chills and an endocardial mass in a child: an unusual presentation of Hughes-Stovin syndrome.
Fabi M, Lami F, Zompatori M
Cardiol Young 2017 Apr;27(3):605-608. Epub 2016 Nov 11 doi: 10.1017/S1047951116001608. PMID: 27834169
Malaria and the heart.
Bhat S, Alva J, Muralidhara K, Fahad S
BMJ Case Rep 2012 Nov 27;2012 doi: 10.1136/bcr-2012-007275. PMID: 23188857Free PMC Article
Erysipelas: a common potentially dangerous infection.
Celestin R, Brown J, Kihiczak G, Schwartz RA
Acta Dermatovenerol Alp Pannonica Adriat 2007 Sep;16(3):123-7. PMID: 17994173

Diagnosis

Analysis of malaria clinical-epidemiological predictors in individuals from Brazilian Amazon.
Lisbôa PGS, Medeiros JMR, de Souza AV, Dos Santos BFB, Sanches HOC, da Rocha JLG, Correa Junior WJP, Costa GG, Chaves TDSS, da Silva Ventura AMR, Libonati RMF
Parasitology 2022 Jan;149(1):10-14. Epub 2021 Jul 5 doi: 10.1017/S0031182021001165. PMID: 34218833Free PMC Article
Scrub typhus and antibiotic-resistant Orientia tsutsugamushi.
Lu CT, Wang LS, Hsueh PR
Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2021 Dec;19(12):1519-1527. Epub 2021 Jun 21 doi: 10.1080/14787210.2021.1941869. PMID: 34109905
Malaria and the heart.
Bhat S, Alva J, Muralidhara K, Fahad S
BMJ Case Rep 2012 Nov 27;2012 doi: 10.1136/bcr-2012-007275. PMID: 23188857Free PMC Article
Erysipelas: a common potentially dangerous infection.
Celestin R, Brown J, Kihiczak G, Schwartz RA
Acta Dermatovenerol Alp Pannonica Adriat 2007 Sep;16(3):123-7. PMID: 17994173
Neonatal listeriosis.
Chen SY, Lu FL, Lee PI, Lu CY, Chen CY, Chou HC, Tsao PN, Hsieh WS
J Formos Med Assoc 2007 Feb;106(2):161-4. doi: 10.1016/S0929-6646(09)60233-3. PMID: 17339161

Therapy

Scrub typhus and antibiotic-resistant Orientia tsutsugamushi.
Lu CT, Wang LS, Hsueh PR
Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2021 Dec;19(12):1519-1527. Epub 2021 Jun 21 doi: 10.1080/14787210.2021.1941869. PMID: 34109905
Unexplained fever in a young man with Crohn's disease: a case report and review of literature.
Deroo L, Elewaut A, Van Moerkercke W
Acta Clin Belg 2021 Feb;76(1):60-64. Epub 2019 Jul 26 doi: 10.1080/17843286.2019.1646515. PMID: 31347993
Malaria and the heart.
Bhat S, Alva J, Muralidhara K, Fahad S
BMJ Case Rep 2012 Nov 27;2012 doi: 10.1136/bcr-2012-007275. PMID: 23188857Free PMC Article
Erysipelas: a common potentially dangerous infection.
Celestin R, Brown J, Kihiczak G, Schwartz RA
Acta Dermatovenerol Alp Pannonica Adriat 2007 Sep;16(3):123-7. PMID: 17994173
Malaria in Turkey: a review of 33 cases.
Mert A, Ozaras R, Tabak F, Bilir M, Ozturk R, Aktuglu Y
Eur J Epidemiol 2003;18(6):579-82. doi: 10.1023/a:1024648902848. PMID: 12908725

Prognosis

SARS-CoV-2 antibody persistence after five and twelve months: A cohort study from South-Eastern Norway.
Sarjomaa M, Diep LM, Zhang C, Tveten Y, Reiso H, Thilesen C, Nordbø SA, Berg KK, Aaberge I, Pearce N, Kersten H, Vandenbroucke JP, Eikeland R, Fell AKM
PLoS One 2022;17(8):e0264667. Epub 2022 Aug 10 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264667. PMID: 35947589Free PMC Article
Analysis of malaria clinical-epidemiological predictors in individuals from Brazilian Amazon.
Lisbôa PGS, Medeiros JMR, de Souza AV, Dos Santos BFB, Sanches HOC, da Rocha JLG, Correa Junior WJP, Costa GG, Chaves TDSS, da Silva Ventura AMR, Libonati RMF
Parasitology 2022 Jan;149(1):10-14. Epub 2021 Jul 5 doi: 10.1017/S0031182021001165. PMID: 34218833Free PMC Article
The first cancer patient with COVID-19 in Slovakia.
Slopovský J, Šálek T, Pazderová N, Zomborská E, Makovník M, Palacka P, Horniczká K, Stankovič I, Pörsök Š
Klin Onkol 2020 Spring;33(5):386-389. doi: 10.14735/amko2020386. PMID: 33108884
Clinical & biochemical profile of trichinellosis outbreak in north India.
Sharma RK, Raghavendra N, Mohanty S, Tripathi BK, Gupta B, Goel A
Indian J Med Res 2014 Sep;140(3):414-9. PMID: 25366210Free PMC Article
Neonatal listeriosis.
Chen SY, Lu FL, Lee PI, Lu CY, Chen CY, Chou HC, Tsao PN, Hsieh WS
J Formos Med Assoc 2007 Feb;106(2):161-4. doi: 10.1016/S0929-6646(09)60233-3. PMID: 17339161

Clinical prediction guides

SARS-CoV-2 antibody persistence after five and twelve months: A cohort study from South-Eastern Norway.
Sarjomaa M, Diep LM, Zhang C, Tveten Y, Reiso H, Thilesen C, Nordbø SA, Berg KK, Aaberge I, Pearce N, Kersten H, Vandenbroucke JP, Eikeland R, Fell AKM
PLoS One 2022;17(8):e0264667. Epub 2022 Aug 10 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264667. PMID: 35947589Free PMC Article
Analysis of malaria clinical-epidemiological predictors in individuals from Brazilian Amazon.
Lisbôa PGS, Medeiros JMR, de Souza AV, Dos Santos BFB, Sanches HOC, da Rocha JLG, Correa Junior WJP, Costa GG, Chaves TDSS, da Silva Ventura AMR, Libonati RMF
Parasitology 2022 Jan;149(1):10-14. Epub 2021 Jul 5 doi: 10.1017/S0031182021001165. PMID: 34218833Free PMC Article
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus Alert Verification In Mirpur, Azad Kashmir.
Khan MA, Ishaq M, Rehman MU, Altaf A, Baig MA, Rana S, Kamran J, Ranjha MA, Rana JA
J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad 2017 Jan-Mar;29(1):173-175. PMID: 28712204
Immediate complications of 3,555 injections of anti-TNFα.
de Moraes JC, Aikawa NE, Ribeiro AC, Saad CG, Carvalho JF, Pereira RM, Silva CA, Bonfá E
Rev Bras Reumatol 2010 Mar-Apr;50(2):165-75. PMID: 21125152
Neuroleptospirosis - revisited: experience from a tertiary care neurological centre from south India.
Mathew T, Satishchandra P, Mahadevan A, Nagarathna S, Yasha TC, Chandramukhi A, Subbakrishna DK, Shankar SK
Indian J Med Res 2006 Aug;124(2):155-62. PMID: 17015929

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