Chronic Q fever in hemodialysis patients.
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.
Leonetti
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F
Service de Néphrologie et d'Hémodialyse, Hôpital Sainte-Marguerite, Marseille, France.
Raoult
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D
Dussol
B
B
Brunet
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P
Berland
Y
Y
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