title: [Hepatitis as unique manifestation of Q fever: clinical and epidemiologic characteristics in 109 patients].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Interna. Unidad de Infecciosos. Hospital Infanta Elena. Huelva. España. manujromeroj@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Manuel Jesús
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Romero-Jiménez
authors.forename: Ignacio
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Suárez-Lozano
authors.forename: José María
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Fajardo
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Benavente
authors.forename: Antonia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Menchero
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de la Iglesia
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial