title: Acute Q fever infection in Thuringia, Germany, after burial of roe deer fawn cadavers (Capreolus capreolus): a case report.
abstract: We report on a case of a 48-year-old man who presented with acute Q fever infection after burying two fawn cadavers (Capreolus capreolus). Recent outbreaks of Q fever in Europe have been traced back to intensive goat breeding units, sheep flocks in the proximity of highly populated urban areas or to farmed deer. To our knowledge, this is the first case report describing Q fever infection in a human linked to roe deer as a source of infection.
authors.affiliation: Center for Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Jena University Hospital, Germany.
authors.forename: B T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Schleenvoigt
authors.affiliation: Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Institut für Bakterielle Infektionen und Zoonosen, Germany.
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Sprague
authors.affiliation: Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Institut für Bakterielle Infektionen und Zoonosen, Germany.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mertens
authors.affiliation: Tiergesundheitsdienst, Thüringer Tierseuchenkasse, Germany.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Moog
authors.affiliation: Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Institut für Bakterielle Infektionen und Zoonosen, Germany.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schmoock
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine III, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.affiliation: Center for Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Jena University Hospital, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Neumann
authors.affiliation: Center for Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Jena University Hospital, Germany.
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Pletz
authors.affiliation: Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Institut für Bakterielle Infektionen und Zoonosen, Germany.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Neubauer
keywords: Ciprofloxacin; Coxiella burnetii; natural reservoir; pneumonia; soil