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.

Fever

Elevated body temperature due to failed thermoregulation.


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PMID (PMCID)
11200368
MALE Middle Aged
A case of Q fever acquired in Sweden and isolation of the probable ethiological agent, Coxiella burnetii from an indigenous source.
Rustscheff S, Norlander L, Macellaro A, Sjostedt A, Vene S, Carlsson M.
Scand J Infect Dis. 2000;32(6):605-7.
Serologically verified indigenous Q fever is described in a 52-y-old male, who presented with persistent fever, muscle and joint pain, headache and non-purulent cough.
10943102
MALE Adult
[Bone marrow granulomatosis in Q-fever].
Rexroth G, Rosch W, Altmannsberger M.
Med Klin (Munich). 2000;95(7):404-8.
In a 29-year-old patient with undulating fever of 3 months duration solely the demonstration of bone marrow fibrin ring granulomas led to the diagnosis of protracted Q-fever.
11775317
FEMALE Adult
[Coxiella burnetii pneumopathy on return from French Guiana].
Baret M, Klement E, Dos Santos G, Jouan M, Bricaire F, Caumes E.
Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 2000;93(5):325-7.
Q fever is a worldwide zoonosis but is not often a common cause of fever among travellers returning from the tropics.
10549097
MALE Middle Aged
[Sheep, chills and "doughnut granuloma"--an atypical course of Coxiella infection].
Erhardt A, Jablonowski H, Eick-Kerssenbrock M, Thomas L, Reinecke D, Haussinger D.
Z Gastroenterol. 1999;37(10):1019-23.
Q fever usually presents with high fever, headache and an atypical pneumonia.
9504075
MALE Middle Aged
[Granulomatous hepatitis caused by Q fever].
Gonzalez-Canudas JA, Vega B, Nellen-Hummel H, Lisker-Halpert A, Laredo-Sanchez F.
Gac Med Mex. 1997;133(5):475-7.
We inform of one case of fever and characteristic hepatic granuloma in which the final diagnosis was Q fever.
8749674
MIXED_SAMPLE Adult
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever) pneumonia.
Marrie TJ.
Clin Infect Dis. 1995;21 Suppl 3:S253-64.
Fever, headache, and myalgia dominate the clinical picture of Q fever pneumonia.
8035634
MALE Adult
Unusual aspects of acute Q fever-associated hepatitis.
Yale SH, de Groen PC, Tooson JD, Kurtin PJ.
Mayo Clin Proc. 1994;69(8):769-73.
We describe a 37-year-old farmer with a 3-week history of fevers and hepatitis, in whom Q fever was diagnosed.
2056206
MIXED_SAMPLE Child
An outbreak of cat-associated Q fever in the United States.
Pinsky RL, Fishbein DB, Greene CR, Gensheimer KF.
J Infect Dis. 1991;164(1):202-4.
A 66-year-old woman from eastern Maine developed high fever, rigors, headache, myalgias, pulmonary infiltrates, and elevated hepatocellular enzymes, and the diagnosis of acute Q fever was confirmed serologically.
1881505
FEMALE Adult
Prolonged fever and pyuria: an uncommon manifestation of Q fever.
Ligthelm RJ, Richardus JH, Stuiver PC, Dumas AM.
Neth J Med. 1991;38(3-4):167-70.
Prolonged fever and pyuria: an uncommon manifestation of Q fever.
3326129
MIXED_SAMPLE Child
Epidemiology and ecology of rickettsial diseases in the People's Republic of China.
Fan MY, Walker DH, Yu SR, Liu QH.
Rev Infect Dis. 1987;9(4):823-40.
At least five rickettsioses exist in China: scrub typhus, murine typhus, epidemic typhus, Q fever, and one or more spotted fever-group (SFG) rickettsioses.
6676900
FEMALE Middle Aged
[Acute Q fever. Description of a case].
Aliaga L, Ortiz de Landazuri E.
Rev Med Univ Navarra. 1983;27(4):31-3.
In this paper is reported a case of Q fever which followed a clinical course with a syndrome of self-limited fever.