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Case Reports
. 1993 Dec;43(12):2713-4.
doi: 10.1212/wnl.43.12.2713.

Q fever mimicking herpetic encephalitis

A P Sempere  1 , J Elizaga, J Duarte, J Moreno, C Cepeda, T Calvo, F Coria, L E Claveria
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Case Reports

Q fever mimicking herpetic encephalitis

A P Sempere et al. Neurology. 1993 Dec.

Abstract

We describe a patient with temporal lobe encephalitis associated with primary Coxiella burnetii infection who presented with CT and MRI findings suggestive of herpes simplex encephalitis and an initial improvement during treatment with acyclovir. Q fever should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients whose manifestations suggest herpes encephalitis.

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