Acute Q fever: a cause of fatal hepatitis in an Icelandic traveller.
Domestic Q fever is rare in the Nordic countries; the infection is acquired abroad in the majority of cases. This is the first Nordic report of a fatal case of Q fever, which occurred in an Icelandic cancer patient who had travelled to the Canary Islands.
Isaksson
H J
HJ
Department of Pathology, National University Hospital, Reykjavík, Iceland.
Hrafnkelsson
J
J
Hilmarsdóttir
I
I
D000368:Aged; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007055:Iceland; D017093:Liver Failure / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D011778:Q Fever / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D014195:Travel
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial