Q fever after a journey in Syria: a diagnosis suggested by bone marrow biopsy.
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.
Bottieau
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Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde, Departement Klinische Wetenschappen, Antwerpen, België.
De Raeve
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Colebunders
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Van den Ende
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Vervoort
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Van Marck
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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
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004318:Doxycycline