1. Defects in this gene have also been linked to familial Mediterranean fever . 2. Brucellosis can be Cyprus fever, Malta fever, or Mediterranean fever , depending on who's sick. 3. Familial Mediterranean fever is rare in the United States. 4. In addition to gout, colchicine is used to treat familial Mediterranean fever , pericarditis and Beh�et's disease. 5. Fever and inflammation in the abdomen, chest, joints, or skin are signs of familial Mediterranean fever . 6. Themistocles Zammit, one of the members of the commission, discovered the reason behind Mediterranean fever in 1905. 7. In humans, it is known as undulant fever, Mediterranean fever or Malta fever and can cause sterility or death. 8. In 1906 he spent the summer in Malta having been co-opted onto the Royal Society Commission on Mediterranean Fever . 9. In 2008, an article in the European Journal of Pediatrics discussed treatment of colchicine-resistant Familial Mediterranean Fever with anakinra. 10. A SCS may also be used for other chronic pain conditions such as chronic pancreatitis and familial Mediterranean fever .