Q Fever with Unusual Exposure History: A Classic Presentation of a Commonly Misdiagnosed Disease

We describe the case of a man presumptively diagnosed and treated for Rocky Mountain spotted fever following exposure to multiple ticks while riding horses. The laboratory testing of acute and convalescent serum specimens led to laboratory confirmation of acute Q fever as the etiology. This case rep...

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Autores principales: Nett, Randall J., Book, Earl, Anderson, Alicia D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3405563/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22848855
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/916142
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description We describe the case of a man presumptively diagnosed and treated for Rocky Mountain spotted fever following exposure to multiple ticks while riding horses. The laboratory testing of acute and convalescent serum specimens led to laboratory confirmation of acute Q fever as the etiology. This case represents a potential tickborne transmission of Coxiella burnetii and highlights the importance of considering Q fever as a possible diagnosis following tick exposures.
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spelling pubmed-34055632012-07-30 Q Fever with Unusual Exposure History: A Classic Presentation of a Commonly Misdiagnosed Disease Nett, Randall J. Book, Earl Anderson, Alicia D. Case Rep Infect Dis Case Report We describe the case of a man presumptively diagnosed and treated for Rocky Mountain spotted fever following exposure to multiple ticks while riding horses. The laboratory testing of acute and convalescent serum specimens led to laboratory confirmation of acute Q fever as the etiology. This case represents a potential tickborne transmission of Coxiella burnetii and highlights the importance of considering Q fever as a possible diagnosis following tick exposures. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-07-17 /pmc/articles/PMC3405563/ /pubmed/22848855 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/916142 Text en Copyright © 2012 Randall J. Nett et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Q Fever with Unusual Exposure History: A Classic Presentation of a Commonly Misdiagnosed Disease
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title_fullStr Q Fever with Unusual Exposure History: A Classic Presentation of a Commonly Misdiagnosed Disease
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title_short Q Fever with Unusual Exposure History: A Classic Presentation of a Commonly Misdiagnosed Disease
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3405563/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22848855
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/916142
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