Acute Q fever

08/01/2014 - "The aim of this study was to estimate the seroprevalence of Q fever and prevalence of chronic Q fever in patients with abdominal aortic and/or iliac disease after the Q fever outbreak of 2007-2010 in the Netherlands. "
08/01/2003 - "This animal model could provide a new tool for the study of chronic Q fever and Q fever in immunodeficient hosts."
01/01/2003 - "Further studies will be undertaken to increase sample sizes, to survey other forms of chronic Q fever and to examine Q fever patients who have recovered without sequelae."
07/01/1998 - "Our study demonstrates that Q fever is an endemic disease in Crete and that the diagnosis of Coxiella burnetii infection can be rapidly achieved by the detection of the microorganism in buffy coat samples by nested PCR. "
01/01/2016 - "A survey of Coxiella burnetii infection (Q fever) in sheep flocks and goat herds in Great Britain was undertaken. "

12/01/2015 - "Delayed diagnosis in chronic Q fever endocarditis is fairly common world wide, we present a case where FDG-PET/CT correctly identified the infected valve, showing promise in management. "
01/01/2013 - "Definite endocarditis due to chronic Q fever was less frequently diagnosed in the current study. "
10/01/2015 - "Considering the low percentage of cure, the current treatment of vascular chronic Q fever patients may require a separate strategy from that of endocarditis in order to increase survival. "
06/01/2015 - "Retrospective cohort study of evolution to endocarditis after an acute Q fever episode, analyzing the clinical and serological evolution and the antibiotic treatment administered. "
06/01/2015 - "Assess clinical and serological data as parameters indicative of a possible evolution to endocarditis after an episode of acute Q fever. "

08/01/2012 - "The results presented in this study suggest that iPCR is a promising, sensitive and specific method that can be used for the early diagnosis of acute Q fever and more generally for acute infections where traditional methods lack sensitivity."
01/01/2011 - "The aim of this study was to assess the clinical significance of serological profiles suggestive of chronic Q fever after acute infection. "
01/01/2010 - "The purpose of this study was to describe the seroepidemiology of Coxiella burnetii infection in cattle in Northern Ireland in terms of seroprevalence and determinants of infection. "
03/01/2006 - "The mean incidence of acute Q fever in the study region was 0.20/100,000/year (95%CI:0-0.78) in the coastal area and 4.64/100,000/year (95%CI:0.44-8.85) in the non-coastal areas, with a male predominance (chi2=60.0; p=0.0000) and a mean male to female ratio of 4.2:1. People of essentially all ages (4-76 years) were affected, the highest rate of infection being recorded in 20- to 49-year-old age groups. "
11/01/2015 - "We report on a case of a 48-year-old man who presented with acute Q fever infection after burying two fawn cadavers (Capreolus capreolus). "

04/26/2003 - "[Renal failure as a complication of acute Q fever]."
04/01/2012 - "Independent risk factors for development of proven chronic Q fever were valvular surgery, vascular prosthesis, aneurysm, renal insufficiency, and older age."
01/01/2010 - "We report a case of severe cholestatic hepatitis due to acute Q fever, with clinical signs of hepatic insufficiency, marked cholestasis, and renal insufficiency. "
01/01/1996 - "The patient was treated by doxycycline and chloroquine; his clinical status, renal failure, and chronic Q fever have dramatically improved."

08/01/2012 - "In acute Q fever pneumonia, CRP is the only traditional inflammation marker adequately reflecting disease activity. "
08/01/2012 - "We studied traditional and less common inflammation markers in seronegative and seropositive patients with acute Q fever pneumonia to identify markers that distinguish different disease stages and predict disease severity. "
11/01/2005 - "Therefore, clinicians in Taiwan should be alert to the possibility of acute Q fever in patients with fever of unknown cause, especially with clinical evidence of peritoneal and/or pericardial inflammation."
06/01/2015 - "To identify the immune mechanisms responsible for ineffective clearance of Coxiella burnetii in patients who developed chronic Q fever, we compared serum concentrations of 47 inflammation-associated markers among patients with acute Q fever, vascular chronic Q fever, and past resolved Q fever. "