Still’s disease of adults in infectious diseases clinical picture (clinical observation)
Abstract. Article presents a clinical case of Still’s disease arising in adults, diagnosed using the modified Yamaguchi criteria. Differential diagnostic search in a female patient admitted to an infectious diseases hospital with a diagnosis of fever of unknown etiology is described in details.Chernysheva O.O., Fedkina Yu.A., Timchenko O.L.
Keywords
fever of unknown origin
Still’s disease of adults
Yamaguchi criteria
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About the Authors
Olga O. Chernysheva, MD, postgraduate student of the Department of infectious diseases and epidemiology, N.A. Semashko Scientific and Educational Institute of Clinical Medicine, Russian University of Medicine of the Ministry of Healthcare of Russia, infectious disease physician of Infectious Diseases Clinical Hospital No. 2 of the Department of Healthcare of Moscow. Address: 127006, Moscow, 4 Dolgorukovskaya St.E-mail: chernishevaoo@mail.ru
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4712-1240
Yulia A. Fedkina, MD, PhD (Medicine), assistant professor of the Department of infectious diseases and epidemiology, N.A. Semashko Scientific and Educational Institute of Clinical Medicine, Russian University of Medicine of the Ministry of Healthcare of Russia. Address: 127006, Moscow, 4 Dolgorukovskaya St.
Email: yulija05@mail.ru
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7040-7768
Olga L. Timchenko, MD, Dr. Sci. (Medicine), associate professor, professor of the Department of infectious diseases and epidemiology, N.A. Semashko Scientific and Educational Institute of Clinical Medicine, Russian University of Medicine of the Ministry of Healthcare of Russia. Address: 127006, Moscow, 4 Dolgorukovskaya St.
Email: otimchenko@mail.ru
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1596-2216
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