[Coxiella burnetti pleuropericarditis].
We report here a case of acute fever with pleuropericarditis and high levels of Coxiella burnetti antibodies (phase II), excluding other possible etiologies. Complete recovery occurred with the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents combined with tetracycline.
Moughabghab
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Service de réanimation polyvalente, centre hospitalier de Valenciennes, France.
Fenides
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A
Woelffle
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D
Socolovsky
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C
D000328:Adult; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011778:Q Fever / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology
D004318:Doxycycline
Pleuropéricardite à Coxiella burnetti.