title: [Infectious endocarditis due to Q fever: a recurrent disease. Apropos a new case].
abstract: We report a case of a patient with an aortic prosthetic valve who had Q fever endocarditis, glomerulonephritis and rapidly progressive renal failure. He was seen in 1987 and successfully treated by heart valve surgery and a one-year course of doxycycline. Five years later, the patient had another episode of Q fever endocarditis, involving the native mitral valve, complicated with acute renal failure and severe mitral regurgitation that required hemodialysis and mitral valve replacement. The outcome was again successful. This case report raises the question of whether Q fever endocarditis can be eradicated, and also the required duration of antibiotic therapy for this disease.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Reina Sofía, Córdoba.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ciudad
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Anguita
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gallardo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zayas
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ruiz
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mesa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Franco
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vallés
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D000328:Adult; D001021:Aortic Valve; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve; D011778:Q Fever / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D012008:Recurrence; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Endocarditis infecciosa por fiebre Q: una enfermedad recurrente. A propósito de un nuevo caso.