title: Q fever pneumonia associated with exposure to wild rabbits.
abstract: 4 patients with atypical pneumonia and a history of exposure to wild rabbits were found to have antibodies to Coxiella burnetii but not to the other organisms also commonly associated with atypical pneumonia. 10 (45%) of 22 snowshoe hares caught in the area where 1 of the patients snared his rabbits had antibodies to Coxiella burnetii. Q fever ought to be included in the differential diagnosis of pneumonia acquired following exposure to wild rabbits.
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Marrie
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Schlech
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yates
mesh_terms: D000828:Animal Population Groups / Q000382:microbiology*; D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000382:microbiology*; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology; D003381:Coxiella / Q000276:immunology; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009674:Nova Scotia; D011022:Pneumonia, Rickettsial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000635:transmission*; D011778:Q Fever / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D011817:Rabbits / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial