Livedo reticularis revealing a latent infective endocarditis due to Coxiella burnetti.
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.
Granel
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Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital de la Timone, Marseille, France.
Genty
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Serratrice
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Rey
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Disdier
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Raoult
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Weiller
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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