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Case Reports
. 2001;68(4):425-7.
doi: 10.1159/000050541.

Bronchiolitis obliterans with organizing pneumonia associated with acute Coxiella burnetii infection

L A Pérez de Llano  1 , A V Racamonde, M J Bande, M O Piquer, F B Nieves, A R Feijoo
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Bronchiolitis obliterans with organizing pneumonia associated with acute Coxiella burnetii infection

L A Pérez de Llano et al. Respiration. 2001.

Abstract

We report the case of a 62-year-old man who developed bronchiolitis obliterans with organizing pneumonia (BOOP) associated with acute Coxiella burnetii infection. The diagnosis of BOOP was made by fiber-optic transbronchial biopsy. Treatment with corticosteroids resulted in rapid clinical improvement and complete resolution of airspace opacities. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first well-documented case of BOOP associated with C. burnetii infection. This case suggests that this infection might trigger the development of BOOP.

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