Q Fever Endocarditis: A Review of 135 Reported Cases

The first reported cases of Q fever endocarditis in Thailand

We describe the first two reported cases of Q fever endocarditis in Thailand. Both patients were male, had pre-existing heart valve damage and had contact with cattle. Heightened awareness of Q fever could improve diagnosis and case management and stimulate efforts to identify risk factors and preventive measures.

Infective endocarditis: review of 135 cases over 9 years.

One hundred thirty-five cases of infective endocarditis in adults at the University of Alberta Hospital from 1985 to 1993 were reviewed and the von Reyn and Duke criteria were compared. There were 80 cases of native valve endocarditis, 15 cases of endocarditis in intravenous drug users, 7 cases of early prosthetic valve endocarditis, and 33 cases of late prosthetic valve endocarditis. Valve rep...

Preventing Q fever endocarditis: a review of cardiac assessment in hospitalised Q fever patients.

INTRODUCTION Acute Q fever is an important zoonotic disease in some parts of rural Australia. Q Fever can lead to chronic disease such as endocarditis, this complication occurring more commonly in patients with underlying heart valve pathology or an impaired immune system. Untreated Q fever endocarditis has a high mortality rate, but even with appropriate therapy, 10% of patients will die. Card...

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.