title: Livedo reticularis revealing a latent infective endocarditis due to Coxiella burnetti.
abstract: We report the first case of livedo reticularis revealing a latent infective endocarditis due to Coxiella burnetti. The patient, a 54-year-old woman, also had chronic thrombocytopenia and mixed cryoglobulinemia. Chronic Q fever was confirmed by serodiagnosis and livedo regressed totally with doxycycline and hydroxychloroquine.
authors.affiliation: Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital de la Timone, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Granel
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Genty
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Serratrice
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rey
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Disdier
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Weiller
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011778:Q Fever / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D017445:Skin Diseases, Vascular / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis