title: Q fever: a new ocular manifestation.
abstract: Q Fever is a zoonosis caused by Coxiella burnetii. Ocular manifestations are rare in this infection. We describe the case of a man complaining of an intense retro-orbital headache, fever, arthralgia, and bilateral loss of vision, who showed an anterior uveitis accompanied by exudative bilateral inferior retinal detachment and optic disk edema. At the beginning, a Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) syndrome was suspected, but the patient was diagnosed with Q fever and treatment with doxycycline was initiated, with complete resolution after 2 weeks. We wondered if Q fever could unleash VKH syndrome or simulate a VKH syndrome by a similar immunological process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Nuevo Hospital Universitario y Politecnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Udaondo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Garcia-Delpech
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Salom
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Garcia-Pous
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Diaz-Llopis