From Acute Q Fever to Endocarditis: Serological Follow-Up Strategy

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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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical infectious diseases 2007-05, Vol.44 (10), p.1337-1340
Hauptverfasser:	Landais, Cécile, Fenollar, Florence, Thuny, Franck, Raoult, Didier
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acute diseases Adult Aged Antibodies Bacterial diseases Biological and medical sciences Blood Brief Report Cardiology. Vascular system Coxiella burnetii - isolation & purification Diagnostic tests Echocardiography, Transesophageal - methods Endocardial and cardiac valvular diseases Endocarditis Endocarditis, Bacterial - blood Endocarditis, Bacterial - microbiology Female Fever Heart Heart valves Hepatitis Human bacterial diseases Humans Immunoglobulin G - blood Infections Infectious diseases Inflammatory diseases Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Mitral valve prolapse Plasma Pneumonia Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods Q fever Q Fever - blood Q Fever - microbiology Retrospective Studies Rickettsial diseases Serology Tropical bacterial diseases
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Zusammenfassung:	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.
ISSN:	1058-4838 1537-6591
DOI:	10.1086/515401