title: Chronic Q fever in hemodialysis patients.
abstract: We describe two cases of chronic Q fever in hemodialysis patients (HD). In the first case, we discovered chronic Q fever when looking for the cause of an unexplained fever. In the second case, Q fever was diagnosed in a patient who complained of an unexplained shoulder arthritis. To our knowledge these are the first reported cases of chronic Q fever in HD.
authors.affiliation: Service de Néphrologie et d'Hémodialyse, Hôpital Sainte-Marguerite, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Leonetti
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dussol
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brunet
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Berland
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011778:Q Fever / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects