Endocarditis due to Coxiella burnetii (Q fever). A rare or underdiagnosed disease? Case report;Endocardite por Coxiella burnetii (febre Q). Doença rara ou pouco diagnosticada? Relato de caso

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 409-412

  Siciliano, Rinaldo Focaccia ^a,c   Ribeiro, Henrique Barbosa ^a   Furtado, Remo Holanda De Mendonça ^a   Castelli, Jussara Bianchi ^a   Sampaio, Roney Orismar ^a   Dos Santos, Fabiana Cristina Pereira ^b   Colombo, Silvia ^b   Grinberg, Max ^a   Strabelli, Tânia Mara Varejão ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aortic insufficiency; Coxiella burnetii; Endocarditis; Q fever

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COXIELLA BURNETII; ENDOCARDITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; Q FEVER; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

COXIELLA BURNETII;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CIPROFLOXACIN; COXIELLA BURNETII; DOXYCYCLINE; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; Q FEVER; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 56049088565     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822008000400017     Document Type: Article

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