Two rare severe and fulminant presentations of Q fever in patients with minimal risk factors for this disease

We described two rare severe and fulminant clinical presentations of acute Q fever. The first patient had severe multiorgan failure. The second patient had fever and severe cholera‐like diarrhoea. Coxiella burnetii polymerase chain reaction on blood or serum can be clinically useful in the diagnosis...

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Published in:Internal medicine journal 2007-11, Vol.37 (11), p.775-778
Main Authors: Munckhof, W. J., Runnegar, N., Gray, T. J., Taylor, C., Palmer, C., Holley, A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Coxiella burnetii
Coxiella burnetti
Diarrhea - microbiology
Diarrhea - therapy
epidemiology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
mycoplasma
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Q fever
Q Fever - blood
Q Fever - diagnosis
Q Fever - therapy
Risk Factors
Shock, Septic - microbiology
Shock, Septic - therapy
Treatment Outcome
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Summary:We described two rare severe and fulminant clinical presentations of acute Q fever. The first patient had severe multiorgan failure. The second patient had fever and severe cholera‐like diarrhoea. Coxiella burnetii polymerase chain reaction on blood or serum can be clinically useful in the diagnosis of acute Q fever before seroconversion.
ISSN:1444-0903
1445-5994
DOI:10.1111/j.1445-5994.2007.01489.x