Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODS: To test if increased IgG aCL at acute Q fever diagnosis is associated with an increased risk of progression to endocarditis, all patients diagnosed in the French National Referral Center for Q fever from January 2007 to December 2011 were included and followed regularly until January 2013 in a 5-year prospective cohort study. Q fever endocarditis was defined according to recently updated criteria. RESULTS: Seventy-two patients were followed for a median time of 31 months (interquartile range, 18-47 months). Of these, 13 patients with valvulopathy without antibiotic prophylaxis progressed to endocarditis. IgG aCL levels were highly prevalent (57%) and significantly higher in the presence of a valvulopathy (P = .005). Using Cox regression analysis, highly increased levels of IgG aCL (adjusted hazard ratio [AHR], 12.95; 95% confidence interval, 2.85-58.95; P = .001) and high levels of phase II immunoglobulin M ( IgM; AHR, 6.59; 95% CI, 1.37-31.62; P = .018) were the only independent predictors of progression to endocarditis. CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Matthieu Million, Gaëlle Walter, Nathalie Bardin, Laurence Camoin, Roch Giorgi, Pierre Bongrand, Frédérique Gouriet, Jean-Paul Casalta, Franck Thuny, Gilbert Habib, Didier Raoult |
Journal | Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
(Clin Infect Dis)
Vol. 57
Issue 1
Pg. 57-64
(Jul 2013)
ISSN: 1537-6591 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 23532474
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Antibodies, Anticardiolipin
- Immunoglobulin G
- Immunoglobulin M
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Antibodies, Anticardiolipin
(blood)
- Endocarditis
(diagnosis, immunology, pathology)
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin G
(blood)
- Immunoglobulin M
(blood)
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Prognosis
- Q Fever
(complications, immunology, pathology)
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