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Association of Q fever with Autoimmune Hepatitis
Human infection by Coxiella burnetii, a zoonosis, is associated with the development of autoantibodies, though the clinical significance of these is unclear. We describe two patients with high-titer Q fever antibodies associated with autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) as demonstrated on biopsy and supported by autoantibody results. For one, the chronology of serologic results uniquely demonstrates the ...
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BACKGROUND Q fever caused by Coxiella burnetii presents with diverse clinical and pathological features including subclinical or cholestatic hepatitis. However, the pathological features of liver biopsies from patients with Q fever have not been well described. METHODS Clinical features and pathological findings of liver biopsies were reviewed in seven cases of Q fever that were confirmed by ...
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Background: Fever of unknown origin (FUO) is a perplexing medical problem. The causes for FUO are more than 200 diseases. The aim of the study was to present human clinical cases of Coxiella burnetii infection debuting as FUO. Methods: The following methods were conducted in the study: literature search, laboratory, imaging, and statistical methods. Criteria of Durack and Street were applied f...
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There have already been a few studies on Q fever in Iran and most of them go back to more than 50 years ago. Preliminary serologic studies on ruminants and febrile patients in Southeast Iran show a high seropositivity in this region. Misdiagnosis as well as poor attention of public health authorities to this infection can facilitate the epidemic spread of Q fever. Further studies on the diagnos...
متن کاملQ fever.
Q fever is a zoonosis with many manifestations. The most common clinical presentation is an influenza-like illness with varying degrees of pneumonia and hepatitis. Although acute disease is usually self-limiting, people do occasionally die from this condition. Endocarditis is the most frequent chronic presentation. Although Q fever is widespread, practitioner awareness and clinical manifestatio...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The American Journal of Medicine
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0002-9343
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2014.06.003