Presentation and diagnosis of acute Q fever in Portugal — A case series

Q fever is a worldwide zoonotic infection caused by the obligate intracellular bacterium Coxiella burnetii that can course with acute or chronic disease. This series describes 7 cases of acute Q fever admitted in a Portuguese University Hospital between 2014 and 2015. All cases presented with hepati...

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Autores principales: Alves, Joana, Almeida, Francisco, Duro, Raquel, Ferraz, Rita, Silva, Susana, Sobrinho-Simões, Joana, Sarmento, António
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5219622/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28070491
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2016.11.002
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author Alves, Joana
Almeida, Francisco
Duro, Raquel
Ferraz, Rita
Silva, Susana
Sobrinho-Simões, Joana
Sarmento, António
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description Q fever is a worldwide zoonotic infection caused by the obligate intracellular bacterium Coxiella burnetii that can course with acute or chronic disease. This series describes 7 cases of acute Q fever admitted in a Portuguese University Hospital between 2014 and 2015. All cases presented with hepatitis and had epidemiological history. Diagnosis was done by PCR on majority (5) and by serology and PCR in only 2. Serological tests can be negative in the initial period of the disease. Molecular biology methods by polymerase chain-reaction are extremely important in acute disease, allowing timely diagnosis and treatment.
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spelling pubmed-52196222017-01-09 Presentation and diagnosis of acute Q fever in Portugal — A case series Alves, Joana Almeida, Francisco Duro, Raquel Ferraz, Rita Silva, Susana Sobrinho-Simões, Joana Sarmento, António IDCases Case Report Q fever is a worldwide zoonotic infection caused by the obligate intracellular bacterium Coxiella burnetii that can course with acute or chronic disease. This series describes 7 cases of acute Q fever admitted in a Portuguese University Hospital between 2014 and 2015. All cases presented with hepatitis and had epidemiological history. Diagnosis was done by PCR on majority (5) and by serology and PCR in only 2. Serological tests can be negative in the initial period of the disease. Molecular biology methods by polymerase chain-reaction are extremely important in acute disease, allowing timely diagnosis and treatment. Elsevier 2016-12-14 /pmc/articles/PMC5219622/ /pubmed/28070491 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2016.11.002 Text en © 2016 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title_sort presentation and diagnosis of acute q fever in portugal — a case series
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