Q Fever Endocarditis in HIV-Infected Patient

Madariaga, Miguel G.; Pulvirenti, Joseph; Sekosan, Marin; Paddock, Christopher D.; Zaki, Sherif R.

doi:10.3201/eid1003.030971

Back to Previous Page

- Add this to...
- Twitter
- Facebook
- Google Bookmarks
- LinkedIn

Q Fever Endocarditis in HIV-Infected Patient

Published Date:

Mar 2004

Publisher's site:

http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1003.030971 New Site Icon

Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 10(3):501-504.

[PDF - 208.27 KB]

Details:

Personal Authors:

Madariaga, Miguel G. ; Pulvirenti, Joseph ; Sekosan, Marin ; Paddock, Christopher D. ; Zaki, Sherif R. ;

Keywords:

[+]

Description:

We describe a case of Q fever endocarditis in an HIV-infected patient. The case was treated successfully with valvular replacement and a combination of doxycycline and hydroxychloroquine. We review the current literature on Q fever endocarditis, with an emphasis on the co-infection of HIV and Coxiella burnetii.

Document Type:

Journal Article

Collection(s):

CDC Public Access
Emerging Infectious Diseases

Supporting Files:

03-0971-F.gif	image/gif
03-0971-F.jpg	image/jpeg
03-0971.nxml	text/plain
license.txt	text/plain

No Related Documents.

You May Also Like:

Q Fever in Thailand

Personal Author:

Suputtamongkol, Yupin; Rolain, Jean-Marc; Losuwanaruk, Kitti; Niwatayakul, Kanigar; Suthinont, Chuanpit; Chierakul, Wirongrong; Pimda, Kriangsak; Raoult, Didier;

Published:

Sep 2003

Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 9(9):1186-1188.

File Type:

[PDF - 205.20 KB]
Q Fever in Greenland

Personal Author:

Koch, Anders; Svendsen, Claus Bo; Christensen, Jens Jørgen; Bundgaard, Henning; Vindfeld, Lars; Christiansen, Claus Bohn; Kemp, Michael; Villumsen, Steen;

Published:

Mar 2010

Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 16(3):511-513.

Description:

We report a patient with Q fever endocarditis in a settlement in eastern Greenland (Isortoq, Ammassalik area). Likely animal sources include sled dogs and seals. Q fever may be underdiagnosed in Arctic areas but may also represent an emerging infecti...

File Type:

[PDF - 225.86 KB]
Mycobacterium heckeshornense Infection in HIV-infected Patient

Personal Author:

Ahmed, Rabia A.; Miedzinski, Lil J.; Shandro, Cary;

Published:

Nov 2010

Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 16(11):1801-1803.

File Type:

[PDF - 87.89 KB]
Q Fever Endocarditis and New Coxiella burnetii Genotype, Saudi Arabia

Personal Author:

Angelakis, Emmanouil; Johani, Sameer; Ahsan, Azeem; Memish, Ziad; Raoult, Didier;

Published:

Apr 2014

Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 20(4):726-728.

File Type:

[PDF - 307.38 KB]
Q Fever in Woolsorters, Belgium

Personal Author:

Wattiau, Pierre; Boldisova, Eva; Toman, Rudolf; Van Esbroeck, Marjan; Quoilin, Sophie; Hammadi, Samia; Tissot-Dupont, Hervé; Raoult, Didier; Henkinbrant, Jean-Marie; Van Hessche, Mieke; Fretin, David;

Published:

Dec 2011

Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 17(12):2368-2369.

File Type:

[PDF - 133.39 KB]