Chronic Q Fever Endocarditis in an Omani Child: The First Pediatric Case Report from Oman

Q fever endocarditis is the most common presentation of chronic infection of Coxiella burnetii, but it rarely occurs in the pediatric age group. We report the first case of Q fever endocarditis in an Omani child. The affected 11-year-old female lives in the Al Batinah governorate in the north of Oma...

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Autores principales: Al-Araimi, Hanaa A., Al-Alawi, Khalid, Al-Jardani, Amina K., Paul, George, Al-Sukaiti, Nashat, Al-Farqani, Abdullah, Al-Maani, Amal S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: OMJ 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7548047/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33083038
http://dx.doi.org/10.5001/omj.2020.121
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Sumario:Q fever endocarditis is the most common presentation of chronic infection of Coxiella burnetii, but it rarely occurs in the pediatric age group. We report the first case of Q fever endocarditis in an Omani child. The affected 11-year-old female lives in the Al Batinah governorate in the north of Oman and was known to have congenital heart disease. She presented with features of chronic blood culture-negative endocarditis. The C. burnetii infection was confirmed with the indirect immunofluorescence assay. The patient responded well to a combination of doxycycline and hydroxychloroquine therapy.

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