Q fever

Q fever, caused by <i>Coxiella burnetii</i>, is a bacterial zoonosis with a wide clinical spectrum that can be life-threatening and, in some cases, can become chronic.

Arthritis

Inflammation of a joint.


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PMID (PMCID)
24430457
 MIXED_SAMPLE Middle Aged
Emergence of Q fever arthritis in France.
Angelakis E, Edouard S, Lafranchi MA, Pham T, Lafforgue P, Raoult D.
J Clin Microbiol. 2014;52(4):1064-7.
Emergence of Q fever arthritis in France.
22850965
 MALE Adult
Coxiella burnetii, the agent of Q fever in Brazil: its hidden role in seronegative arthritis and the importance of molecular diagnosis based on the repetitive element IS1111 associated with the transposase gene.
Rozental T, Mascarenhas LF, Rozenbaum R, Gomes R, Mattos GS, Magno CC, Almeida DN, Rossi MI, Favacho AR, de Lemos ER.
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2012;107(5):695-7.
Coxiella burnetii, the agent of Q fever in Brazil: its hidden role in seronegative arthritis and the importance of molecular diagnosis based on the repetitive element IS1111 associated with the transposase gene.
8072614
 MIXED_SAMPLE Adult
Chronic Q fever in hemodialysis patients.
Leonetti F, Raoult D, Dussol B, Brunet P, Berland Y.
Nephron. 1994;67(2):231-3.
In the second case, Q fever was diagnosed in a patient who complained of an unexplained shoulder arthritis.