Open AccessFrom Acute Q Fever to Endocarditis: Serological Follow-Up Strategy
Author(s) -
C. Landais,
Florence Fenollar,
Franck Thuny,
Didier Raoult
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/515401
Subject(s) - medicine , serology , q fever , endocarditis , infective endocarditis , fever of unknown origin , immunology , antibody
The serological evolution from acute Q fever to endocarditis is reported for 22 patients, with a median lag time of 3 months. From this data, we propose a follow-up strategy of serological testing at the third and sixth months after acute Q fever to obtain an early diagnosis of chronic infection.
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