[Hepatitis as unique manifestation of Q fever: clinical and epidemiologic characteristics in 109 patients].
BACKGROUND
To describe the clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of hepatic involvement in a cohort of 109 patients with Q fever.


RESULTS
Involvement of the liver alone was documented in 55% of cases. In 96% it was manifested as a febrile process without focal symptoms and hepatic cytolysis. There were no differences in epidemiologic characteristics between patients with hepatitis and those and without.


CONCLUSIONS
Q fever should be included in the differential diagnosis of community-acquired febrile syndromes.
Romero-Jiménez
Manuel Jesús
MJ
Servicio de Medicina Interna. Unidad de Infecciosos. Hospital Infanta Elena. Huelva. España. manujromeroj@hotmail.com
Suárez-Lozano
Ignacio
I
Fajardo
José María
JM
Benavente
Alberto
A
Menchero
Antonia
A
de la Iglesia
Alberto
A
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D016997:Coxiella burnetii / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006769:Hospitals, General / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011778:Q Fever / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial