INTRODUCTION: To describe the clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of hepatic involvement in a cohort of 109 patients with Q fever. RESULTS: Involvement of the liver alone was documented in 55% of cases. In 96% it was manifested as a febrile process without focal symptoms and hepatic cytolysis. There were no differences in epidemiologic characteristics between patients with hepatitis and those and without. CONCLUSION: Q fever should be included in the differential diagnosis of community-acquired febrile syndromes.
INTRODUCTION: To describe the clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of hepatic involvement in a cohort of 109 patients with Q fever. RESULTS: Involvement of the liver alone was documented in 55% of cases. In 96% it was manifested as a febrile process without focal symptoms and hepatic cytolysis. There were no differences in epidemiologic characteristics between patients with hepatitis and those and without. CONCLUSION:Q fever should be included in the differential diagnosis of community-acquired febrile syndromes.
Authors: Isabel Jado; Cristina Carranza-Rodríguez; Jesús Félix Barandika; Álvaro Toledo; Cristina García-Amil; Beatriz Serrano; Margarita Bolaños; Horacio Gil; Raquel Escudero; Ana L García-Pérez; A Sonia Olmeda; Ianire Astobiza; Bruno Lobo; Manuela Rodríguez-Vargas; José Luis Pérez-Arellano; Fernando López-Gatius; Francisco Pascual-Velasco; Gustavo Cilla; Noé F Rodríguez; Pedro Anda Journal: BMC Microbiol Date: 2012-06-01 Impact factor: 3.605