[Meningo encephalitis revealing Q fever: two cases and a review of the literature].
Q fever is a zoonosis caused by Coxiella burnetii. The acute Q fever is usually characterized by a self-limited flu-like syndrome, fever, pneumonia and hepatitis. Symptoms of the chronic Q fever (evolution>3 months) mainly consist of endocarditis with negative culture. Focal neurological symptoms are rarely observed. Neurological symptoms of acute Q fever consist of meningitis or meningo-encephalitis. Neurological symptoms of chronic Q fever are cerebral embolisms from Coxiella burnetii infected heart valves. We herein report two patients with meningoencephalitis revealing acute Q fever.
Castelnovo
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Service de Neurologie, Cedex, France.
Sotto
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A
Bouly
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S
Vladut
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M
Janbon
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F
Labauge
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P
D000293:Adolescent; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D011778:Q Fever / Q000175:diagnosis*
Méningo-encéphalite au cours d'une fièvre Q aiguë