An Unusual Manifestation of Q Fever: Peritonitis.

Abstract

Q fever has rarely been reported and can be difficult to diagnose, especially in immunocompromised patients. In the present report, we describe an unusual case of Q fever that presented as peritonitis and was treated with long-term combination therapy with doxycycline, ciprofloxacin and rifampicin for five weeks in a patient who had been on peritoneal dialysis for six years due to hypertensive nephropathy.

• Authors: Gülden Yılmaz, Bengi Öztürk, Osman Memikoğlu, Belgin Coşkun, Aysun Yalçı, Özge Metin, Hatice Ünal, Halil Kurt
• Journal: Journal of infection and public health (J Infect Public Health) 2015 Jul-Aug Vol. 8 Issue 4 Pg. 373-6 ISSN: 1876-035X [Electronic] England
• PMID: 25899561 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2015 King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Chemical References

• Anti-Bacterial Agents
• Ciprofloxacin
• Doxycycline
• Rifampin

Topics

• Adult
• Anti-Bacterial Agents (therapeutic use)
• Ciprofloxacin (therapeutic use)
• Doxycycline (therapeutic use)
• Drug Therapy, Combination
• Humans
• Immunocompromised Host (physiology)
• Male
• Peritoneal Dialysis
• Peritonitis (diagnosis, drug therapy)
• Q Fever (diagnosis, drug therapy)
• Rifampin (therapeutic use)