Temporal arteritis associated with acute Q fever. A case report.
The authors describe the case of a sixty-four-year-old man who presented with clinical and histopathologic evidence of temporal arteritis associated with acute Q fever. This association, which has not been previously reported, supports the possible infectious etiology in temporal arteritis.
Odeh
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Department of Internal Medicine B, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
Oliven
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D016997:Coxiella burnetii / Q000276:immunology; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011778:Q Fever / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial