Delayed Diagnosis of Acute Q Fever, China

We report a patient in China with fever of unknown origin who visited 3 hospitals in 3 weeks and was finally given a diagnosis of acute Q fever, determined by metagenomics next-generation sequencing. Our results indicate that physicians are unfamiliar with Q fever and the disease is neglected in Chi...

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Autores principales: Li, Dan, Liu, Hui, Liu, Ming, Chang, Caiyun, Zhao, Xiaodong, Yu, Hao, Yan, Lina, Han, Huiju, Yu, Xue-jie
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9707575/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36418013
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2812.221118
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author Li, Dan
Liu, Hui
Liu, Ming
Chang, Caiyun
Zhao, Xiaodong
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spelling pubmed-97075752022-12-09 Delayed Diagnosis of Acute Q Fever, China Li, Dan Liu, Hui Liu, Ming Chang, Caiyun Zhao, Xiaodong Yu, Hao Yan, Lina Han, Huiju Yu, Xue-jie Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter We report a patient in China with fever of unknown origin who visited 3 hospitals in 3 weeks and was finally given a diagnosis of acute Q fever, determined by metagenomics next-generation sequencing. Our results indicate that physicians are unfamiliar with Q fever and the disease is neglected in China. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022-12 /pmc/articles/PMC9707575/ /pubmed/36418013 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2812.221118 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Emerging Infectious Diseases 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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Li, Dan
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Chang, Caiyun
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Yu, Hao
Yan, Lina
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Yu, Xue-jie
Delayed Diagnosis of Acute Q Fever, China
title Delayed Diagnosis of Acute Q Fever, China
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title_fullStr Delayed Diagnosis of Acute Q Fever, China
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title_short Delayed Diagnosis of Acute Q Fever, China
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topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9707575/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36418013
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2812.221118
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