Delayed Diagnosis of Chronic Q Fever and Cardiac Valve Surgery

Untreated chronic Q fever causes a high number of complications and deaths. We present cases of chronic Q fever that were not diagnosed until after the patients underwent cardiac valve surgery. In epidemic areas, Q fever screening of valve surgery patients secures early initiation of treatment and c...

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Autores principales: Kampschreur, Linda M., Hoornenborg, Elske, Renders, Nicole H. M., Oosterheert, Jan Jelrik, Haverman, Joost F., Elsman, Peter, Wever, Peter C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3647491/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23647809
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1905.120353
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author Kampschreur, Linda M.
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Renders, Nicole H. M.
Oosterheert, Jan Jelrik
Haverman, Joost F.
Elsman, Peter
Wever, Peter C.
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description Untreated chronic Q fever causes a high number of complications and deaths. We present cases of chronic Q fever that were not diagnosed until after the patients underwent cardiac valve surgery. In epidemic areas, Q fever screening of valve surgery patients secures early initiation of treatment and can prevent illness and death.
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spelling pubmed-36474912013-05-14 Delayed Diagnosis of Chronic Q Fever and Cardiac Valve Surgery Kampschreur, Linda M. Hoornenborg, Elske Renders, Nicole H. M. Oosterheert, Jan Jelrik Haverman, Joost F. Elsman, Peter Wever, Peter C. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Untreated chronic Q fever causes a high number of complications and deaths. We present cases of chronic Q fever that were not diagnosed until after the patients underwent cardiac valve surgery. In epidemic areas, Q fever screening of valve surgery patients secures early initiation of treatment and can prevent illness and death. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3647491/ /pubmed/23647809 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1905.120353 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Kampschreur, Linda M.
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Wever, Peter C.
Delayed Diagnosis of Chronic Q Fever and Cardiac Valve Surgery
title Delayed Diagnosis of Chronic Q Fever and Cardiac Valve Surgery
title_full Delayed Diagnosis of Chronic Q Fever and Cardiac Valve Surgery
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title_short Delayed Diagnosis of Chronic Q Fever and Cardiac Valve Surgery
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