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Q Fever Endocarditis in Northeast Iran

Author(s) -

Ali Akbar Heydari,

Ehsan Mostafavi,

Masoumeh Heidari,

Mina Latifian,

Saber Esmaeili

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

case reports in infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2090-6625

pISSN - 2090-6633

DOI - 10.1155/2021/5519164

Subject(s) - medicine , doxycycline , anorexia , coxiella burnetii , hydroxychloroquine , endocarditis , infective endocarditis , weakness , q fever , high fever , surgery , virology , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , covid-19 , infectious disease (medical specialty) , biology , disease

This report presents a case of chronic Q fever endocarditis. A 60-year-old male farmer and rancher was admitted to the hospital with symptoms of weight loss, fever, severe sweating, weakness, and anorexia. PCR was negative for C. burnetii in the blood sample, but phase I and II IgG antibodies against C. burnetii were positive (1 : 16384 and 1 : 2048, respectively) by the indirect immunofluorescent assay (IFA). According to the adjusted Duke criteria, Q fever endocarditis was confirmed, and the patient was successfully treated with doxycycline and hydroxychloroquine.

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