Etiology of Fever of Unknown Origin in Children from Mumbai, India

This descriptive study evaluated 49 children with fever lasting formore than 7 days at a tertiary hospital in urban Mumbai. Etiologicdiagnosis could be established in 88% of the cases. Infectionswere the causein 34 (79%)patients, 6 (14%) were diagnosed ascollagen vascular diseases, and 3 (7%) had other cause