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.

Spontaneous abortion

A pregnancy that ends at a stage in which the fetus is incapable of surviving on its own, defined as the spontaneous loss of a fetus before the 20th week of pregnancy.


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PMID (PMCID)
21867662
 FEMALE Adult
[Q-fever caused spontaneous abortion].
Nielsen SY, Molbak K, Hjollund NH.
Ugeskr Laeger. 2011;173(34):2053-4.
[Q-fever caused spontaneous abortion].
19657611
 FEMALE Infant, Newborn
Azithromycin for acute Q fever in pregnancy.
Cerar D, Karner P, Avsic-Zupanc T, Strle F.
Wien Klin Wochenschr. 2009;121(13-14):469-72.
The infection is usually asymptomatic in pregnant women but may result in obstetric complications such as spontaneous abortion, intrauterine growth retardation, intrauterine fetal death and premature delivery; in addition, pregnant women are at higher risk of developing chronic Q fever.
12395293
 MIXED_SAMPLE Infant, Newborn
[Q Fever in pregnancy: a case report and review of the literature].
Hellmeyer L, Schmitz-Ziegler G, Slenczka W, Schmidt S.
Z Geburtshilfe Neonatol. 2002;206(5):193-8.
Q fever in pregnancy initially manifests as placentitis and often leads to premature birth (30 %), growth restriction (46 %), spontaneous abortion (22 %) or fetal death in utero (7 %).