Title of article :
Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, and Cervical Adenitis (PFAPA) Misdiagnosed as Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection
Author/Authors :
Seyedzadeh, Abolhassan Pediatric Nephrology Department - Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences - Kermanshah, Iran , Tohidi, Mohammad reza Pediatric Nephrology Department - Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences - Kermanshah, Iran , Amiri, Rahimpour Pediatric Nephrology Department - Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences - Kermanshah, Iran
Abstract :
Recurrent fever is common in children and specific infections account for the fever in most cases. PFAPA is not an uncommon cause of periodic fever during childhood. On the other hand, in patients with vesicoureteral reflux (VUR), urinary tract infection usually presents with fever.
Here, we report two PFAPA cases in patients with VUR in whom recurrent episodes of fever were misdiagnosed as UTI.
Keywords :
Urinary Tract Infections , Child , Vesico-Ureteral Reflux , Periodic Fever Syndrome , PFAPA Syndrome
Journal title :
Astroparticle Physics
