Acute hepatitis associated with Q fever in a man in Greece: a case report

Coxiella burnetii is the causative agent of Q fever. Q fever is a worldwide zoonosis that is responsible for various clinical manifestations. However, in Greece hepatitis due to Coxiella is rarely encountered. A case of Q fever associated with hepatitis is reported here. Diagnosis was made by specif...

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Autores principales: Pape, Magdalini, Xanthis, Andreas, Hatzitolios, Apostolos, Mandraveli, Kalliopi, Savopoulos, Christos, Alexiou-Daniel, Stella
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2170449/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18042291
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-1-154
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Sumario:Coxiella burnetii is the causative agent of Q fever. Q fever is a worldwide zoonosis that is responsible for various clinical manifestations. However, in Greece hepatitis due to Coxiella is rarely encountered. A case of Q fever associated with hepatitis is reported here. Diagnosis was made by specific serological investigation (enzyme-linked immunosorbent and indirect immunofluorescene assays) for Coxiella burnetii.

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