Acute Q fever lobar pneumonia: a case report.
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.
Tsironi
Maria
M
Department of Internal Medicine, Sparta General Hospital, 23100 Sparta, Greece. gpoyl@otenet.gr
Andriopoulos
Panagiotis
P
Fokas
Spiros
S
Nikokiris
George
G
Mantzourani
Marina
M
Assimakopoulos
George
G
Aessopos
Athanassios
A
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*
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial