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.

Pulmonary infiltrates



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PMID (PMCID)
16837704
 MIXED_SAMPLE Adult
Q fever in the Southern California desert: epidemiology, clinical presentation and treatment.
Cone LA, Curry N, Shaver P, Brooks D, DeForge J, Potts BE.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2006;75(1):29-32.
One also had a pulmonary infiltrate, and the single individual with chronic Q fever also had a mitral valve prosthesis, although echocardiography could not define endocarditis.
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.