Q fever as a cause of pure sensory polyneuropathy -- the six-year itch: a follow-up of an indigenous Swedish case.
Q fever is common worldwide but extremely rare as a cause of clinical disease in Sweden. Complications such as meningitis and Guillain-Barré syndrome are not uncommon. Chronic polyneuropathy caused by Q fever has until now never been reported in the English-speaking medical community. The first truly indigenous case of clinical Q fever in Sweden has previously been reported by us in this journal. The same patient also developed a pure sensory polyneuropathy.
Rustscheff
Stefan
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Department of Internal Medicine, Värnamo General Hospital, Värnamo, Sweden. stefan.rustscheff@lj.se
D002908:Chronic Disease; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011115:Polyneuropathies / Q000209:etiology*; D011778:Q Fever / Q000150:complications*; D012678:Sensation Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D013548:Sweden