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.

Mitral regurgitation

An abnormality of the mitral valve characterized by insufficiency or incompetence of the mitral valve resulting in retrograde leaking of blood through the mitral valve upon ventricular contraction.


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PMID (PMCID)
8165348
 MALE Adult
[Infectious endocarditis due to Q fever: a recurrent disease. Apropos a new case].
Ciudad M, Anguita M, Gallardo A, Zayas R, Ruiz M, Mesa D, Franco M, Valles F.
Rev Esp Cardiol. 1994;47(2):119-21.
Five years later, the patient had another episode of Q fever endocarditis, involving the native mitral valve, complicated with acute renal failure and severe mitral regurgitation that required hemodialysis and mitral valve replacement.