title: Acute Q fever lobar pneumonia: a case report.
abstract: Q fever is a zoonotic disease caused by Coxiella burnetii-an obligate, Gram-negative, intracellular bacteria. Acute febrile illness, hepatitis, and atypical pneumonia are the three most common manifestations, whereas lobar pneumonia is rarely reported among acute Q fever patients. We report a case of acute Q fever with lobar pneumonia and multi-organ involvement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Sparta General Hospital, 23100 Sparta, Greece. gpoyl@otenet.gr
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsironi
authors.forename: Panagiotis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Andriopoulos
authors.forename: Spiros
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fokas
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nikokiris
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mantzourani
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Assimakopoulos
authors.forename: Athanassios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aessopos
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D016997:Coxiella burnetii / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*; D011018:Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / Q000382:microbiology*; D011778:Q Fever / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial