Approach to the child with recurrent fever*

URI: upper respiratory tract infection; PFAPA: periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and adenopathy.
* Recurrent fever: febrile episodes, separated by periods of normal temperature, occurring over months to years.
¶ Refer to UpToDate topics for evaluation of monogenic periodic fever syndromes and other autoinflammatory disorders.
Δ Refer to appropriate UpToDate topics for evaluation of these disorders.
◊ Refer to UpToDate topics on laboratory evaluation of the immune system and approach to the child with recurrent infections.