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Case Reports
. 2010 Aug 3:2010:bcr0120102690.
doi: 10.1136/bcr.01.2010.2690.

Q fever: a case with a vascular infection complication

Sophie Edouard  1 , Anne-Sophie Labussiere, Yves Guimard, Pierre-Edouard Fournier, Didier Raoult
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Case Reports

Q fever: a case with a vascular infection complication

Sophie Edouard et al. BMJ Case Rep. .

Abstract

The most common clinical presentation of chronic Q fever is endocarditis with infections of aneurysms or vascular prostheses being the second most common presentation. Here, the authors report a case of vascular chronic Q fever. In this patient, a renal artery aneurysm was discovered by abdominal and pelvic CT during a systematic investigation to identify predisposing factors to chronic Q fever because of high antibody titres in a patient with valve disease.

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Figure 1
Strategy and management of chronic Q fever diagnosis. TTE: Transthoracic echocardiography TOE: Transoesophageal echocardiography D: doxycycline H: hydroxychloroquine
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