title: Q fever and lymphadenopathy: report of four new cases and review.
abstract: Coxiella burnetii, the causative agent of Q fever, is responsible for various clinical syndromes, but lymphadenitis has been described during Q fever in only three recent case reports. Four new cases of acute Q fever associated with lymphadenopathy are reported here, and these cases are discussed along with the three previously reported cases. Coxiella burnetii was isolated for the first time from a lymph node. Q fever should be considered an etiologic agent of lymphadenitis.
authors.affiliation: Unité des Rickettsies CNRS UMR 6020, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, 27, Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille Cedex 05, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Foucault
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lepidi
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Poujet-Abadie
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Granel
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Roblot
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ariga
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016997:Coxiella burnetii / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011778:Q Fever / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*