Q fever encephalitis.
Encephalitis is a rare but documented complication of acute Q fever. We report here the case of a 48-year-old lady who presented with an acute illness characterised by influenza-like symptoms, pneumonia and neurological disturbance but in whom the serology was suggestive of chronic rather than acute Q fever.
Cameron
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Communicable Diseases Unit, St George's Hospital, London, U.K.
Freedman
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Wansbrough-Jones
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D002170:Canada; D003168:Complement Fixation Tests; D003381:Coxiella / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011022:Pneumonia, Rickettsial / Q000208:ethnology; D011778:Q Fever / Q000150:complications*; D014195:Travel