An unusual case of Q fever endocarditis.
We describe a patient with unusual features of Q fever endocarditis. The unusual features of this case were the presence of an abscess surrounding the involved aortic valve and the appearance of circulating anticoagulants in the patient's serum.
Ilany
J
J
Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
Dresner
J
J
Shemesh
O
O
Rudensky
B
B
Abraham
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AS
D000038:Abscess / Q000382:microbiology; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000382:microbiology; D001777:Blood Coagulation; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011778:Q Fever / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva / Q000382:microbiology
D007136:Immunoglobulins; C019158:circulating anticoagulants