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Acute, severe hepatitis due to Coxiella burneti infection
Author(s) -
Kelly Raymond P.,
Byrnes David J.,
Turner Jennifer
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1986.tb112247.x
Subject(s) - q fever , coxiella burnetii , medicine , acute abdomen , virology , hepatitis , immunology , pathology
An unusual case of Coxiella burneti infection is described in which the patient presented with an “acute abdomen” and marked clinical icterus. This case emphasizes that Q‐fever may appear as acute hepatitis and illustrates its “characteristic” histopathological lesions which have been recognized only recently.