Chronic Q fever with mixed cryoglobulinaemia.

Chronic Q fever with mixed cryoglobulinaemia.

A 47 year old woman presented with a six month history of vasculitic rash, splenomegaly, and cardiac murmurs. Investigations showed the presence of mixed cryoglobulinaemia and raised titres to Coxiella burnetii consistent with chronic Q fever infection. The patient was treated with tetracycline (1 g four times a day).

Resistant anaemia and mixed cryoglobulinaemia in a patient on haemodialysis in the context of Q fever.

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Chronic Q fever endocarditis.

Eight patients with chronic Q fever endocarditis were treated with tetracycline for up to 40 months. In addition, five of these patients received co-trimoxazole. Six patients had prosthetic valves. Two patients who had Q fever endocarditis on their native valves required valve replacement because of haemodynamic difficulties: in only one did the Q fever endocarditis contribute to the haemodynam...

Chronic Q fever endocarditis.

Peripheral neuropathy in essential mixed cryoglobulinaemia.

The prevalence of various forms of peripheral neuropathy has not been previously assessed in large series of patients with essential mixed cryoglobulinaemia (EMC). Clinical and electrophysiological signs of peripheral neuropathy were observed in 21 of 37 EMC patients, consisting of polyneuropathy in 19, mononeuropathy or multiple mononeuropathy in eight, and both in six. The various forms of pe...