Intermittent fever is a type or pattern of
fever in which there is an interval where
temperature is elevated for several hours followed by an interval when temperature drops back to normal.[1] This type of fever usually occurs during the course of an
infectious disease.[2]Diagnosis of intermittent fever is frequently based on the clinical history but some biological tests like
complete blood count and
blood culture are also used. In addition radiological investigations like chest
X-ray, abdominal
ultrasonography can also be used in establishing diagnosis.[3][4]
Intermittent fever in malaria
Malaria is a common cause of intermittent fever and it has following types.[5][6]
Quotidian fever
Bouts of fever occurring daily (24-hour periodicity) for a few hours, typical of Plasmodium knowlesi.
Adult-onset Still's disease is an inflammatory disease that may cause intermittent fever, characteristically a quotidian fever that spikes once or twice in the late afternoon to evening.[10]
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