title: Q fever after a journey in Syria: a diagnosis suggested by bone marrow biopsy.
abstract: A Belgian patient developed Q fever after a journey in Syria. Coxiella burnetii infection was diagnosed because of the presence of granulomas with a central vacuole in a bone marrow biopsy. During doxycycline treatment all his symptoms disappeared.
authors.affiliation: Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde, Departement Klinische Wetenschappen, Antwerpen, België.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bottieau
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: De Raeve
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Colebunders
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Van den Ende
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vervoort
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Van Marck
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000382:microbiology*; D016997:Coxiella burnetii / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006099:Granuloma / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011778:Q Fever / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013593:Syria; D014195:Travel
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004318:Doxycycline