title: Acute, severe hepatitis due to Coxiella burneti infection.
abstract: An unusual case of Coxiella burneti infection is described in which the patient presented with an "acute abdomen" and marked clinical icterus. This case emphasizes that Q-fever may appear as acute hepatitis and illustrates its "characteristic" histopathological lesions which have been recognized only recently.
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011778:Q Fever / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D004318:Doxycycline