Gert van der Hoek
In Memoriam - Editor, Senior Moderator
Rev Med Interne. 2011 Feb 15.
[Endocarditis due to Coxiella burnetti despite the absence of obvious exposure.]
[Article in French]
Thuillier F, Chehade H.
Service de m?decine interne, centre hospitalier de Saint-Junien, rue Chateaubriand, 87200 Saint-Junien, France.
Abstract
Q fever is an ubiquitous zoonotic disease caused by Coxiella burnetti, an intracellular Gram negative bacteria.
It may present as an acute or a chronic disease course. Endocarditis due to Coxiella burnetti represents 1 to 5% of all infectious endocarditis.
We report a 41-year-old man without obvious exposure history, who presented with a Q fever endocarditis.
pubmed
[Endocarditis due to Coxiella burnetti despite the absence of obvious exposure.]
[Article in French]
Thuillier F, Chehade H.
Service de m?decine interne, centre hospitalier de Saint-Junien, rue Chateaubriand, 87200 Saint-Junien, France.
Abstract
Q fever is an ubiquitous zoonotic disease caused by Coxiella burnetti, an intracellular Gram negative bacteria.
It may present as an acute or a chronic disease course. Endocarditis due to Coxiella burnetti represents 1 to 5% of all infectious endocarditis.
We report a 41-year-old man without obvious exposure history, who presented with a Q fever endocarditis.
pubmed