Delayed Diagnosis of Chronic Q Fever and Cardiac Valve Surgery

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Kampschreur, Linda M. ; Hoornenborg, Elske ; Renders, Nicole H. M. ; Oosterheert, Jan Jelrik ; Haverman, Joost F. ; Elsman, Peter ; Wever, Peter C.
• Description:
  Untreated chronic Q fever causes a high number of complications and deaths. We present cases of chronic Q fever that were not diagnosed until after the patients underwent cardiac valve surgery. In epidemic areas, Q fever screening of valve surgery patients secures early initiation of treatment and can prevent illness and death.
• Subjects:
  Aged Antibodies, Bacterial Bacteria Cardiac Surgical Procedures Chronic Q Fever Coxiella Burnetii Delayed Diagnosis Dispatch Endocarditis, Bacterial Female Heart Valve Prosthesis Heart Valves Humans Immunoglobulin G Male Q Fever Q Fever Endocarditis Valvular Heart Disease Valvulopathy Zoonoses

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 19(5):768-773.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  19
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:8e86c2403d495db63075a8306b60babc3311fb51db92d1e47a921973cac795d1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/18797/cdc_18797_DS1.pdf
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