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Coxiella burnetii and acute exacerbations/infections in patients with chronic lung disease
Author(s) -
OKIMOTO Niro,
KIBAYASHI Takashi,
MIMURA Kimihiro,
YAMATO Kenji,
KURIHARA Takeyuki,
HONDA Yoshihiro,
OSAKI Kohichi,
ASAOKA Naoko,
OHBA Hideo
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
respirology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.857
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1440-1843
pISSN - 1323-7799
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2007.01096.x
Subject(s) - medicine , coxiella burnetii , exacerbation , q fever , bronchiectasis , haemophilus influenzae , respiratory tract , respiratory tract infections , incidence (geometry) , chronic infection , immunology , respiratory system , lung , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , virology , immune system , physics , optics , biology
The aim of the present study was to determine the incidence of Q fever in patients with an acute exacerbation of a chronic lower respiratory tract infection. Eighty patients treated for acute exacerbation of chronic lower respiratory tract infections during a 30‐month period were studied. Q fever was diagnosed by ELISA. Two elderly woman with pre‐existing bronchiectasis (2.5%) were diagnosed as having an acute infection by Coxiella burnetii . The acute illness was considered to be a result of mixed infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Haemophilus influenzae with C. burnetii. Co‐infection with C. burnetii can occur during a bacterial exacerbation of a chronic lower respiratory tract infection.