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Fulminant hepatic failure and acute renal failure as manifestations of concurrent Q fever and cytomegalovirus infection: a case report

BACKGROUND: Coxiella burnetii is an obligate bacterial pathogen that causes Q fever. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) commonly exists as a latent infection in healthy people. Co-infection with both pathogens is rare. CASE PRESENTATION: We report an immunocompetent 53-year-old male farmer who presented with ful...

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Autores principales: Hsu, Jin-Yi, Tsai, Chen-Chi, Tseng, Kuo-Chih
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4264321/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25487053
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-014-0651-8