Acute Q Fever with Atrioventricular Block, Israel

Cardiac involvement in acute Q fever is rare. We report 2 cases of an advanced atrioventricular block in young adult patients in Israel who sought care for acute Q fever without evidence of myocarditis. Q fever should be suspected in unexplained conduction abnormalities, especially in febrile young...

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Autores principales: Badarni, Karawan, Blich, Miry, Atiya-Nasagi, Yafit, Ghanem-zoabi, Nesrin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9423905/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35997621
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2809.212565
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Sumario:Cardiac involvement in acute Q fever is rare. We report 2 cases of an advanced atrioventricular block in young adult patients in Israel who sought care for acute Q fever without evidence of myocarditis. Q fever should be suspected in unexplained conduction abnormalities, especially in febrile young patients residing in disease-endemic areas.

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