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.

Hepatomegaly

Abnormally increased size of the liver.


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PMID (PMCID)
19577708
 FEMALE Adult
Severe Q fever community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) mimicking Legionnaires' disease: Clinical significance of cold agglutinins, anti-smooth muscle antibodies and thrombocytosis.
Cunha BA, Nausheen S, Busch L.
Heart Lung. 2009;38(4):354-62.
Hepatomegaly is a uncommon in Q fever CAP but is not a feature of Legionnaires' disease.
19577708
 FEMALE Adult
Severe Q fever community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) mimicking Legionnaires' disease: Clinical significance of cold agglutinins, anti-smooth muscle antibodies and thrombocytosis.
Cunha BA, Nausheen S, Busch L.
Heart Lung. 2009;38(4):354-62.
Although the patient did not have splenomegaly, a common finding in Q fever CAP, she did have mild hepatomegaly.
19577708
 FEMALE Adult
Severe Q fever community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) mimicking Legionnaires' disease: Clinical significance of cold agglutinins, anti-smooth muscle antibodies and thrombocytosis.
Cunha BA, Nausheen S, Busch L.
Heart Lung. 2009;38(4):354-62.
In patients with atypical pneumonias in whom the clinical presentation and nonspecific laboratory findings suggest Legionnaires' disease, but in addition have findings not associated with Legionnaires' (eg, hepatomegaly, thrombocytosis), Q fever serology should be ordered.