Acute Q fever pericarditis followed by chronic hepatitis in a two-year-old girl.
Acute Coxiella burnetii infection is most commonly a mild and self-limiting disease with fever, pneumonia and hepatitis. Endocarditis is the most frequent clinical presentation of chronic infection. We report a 2-year-old child with Q fever who presented with acute pericarditis and cardiac tamponade and who developed a chronic hepatic infection.
Baquero-Artigao
Fernando
F
Servicio de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Universitario Infantil La Paz, Madrid, Spain.
del Castillo
Fernando
F
Tellez
Alicia
A
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D016997:Coxiella burnetii / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018450:Disease Progression; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006521:Hepatitis, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D011778:Q Fever / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents