Giant cell arteritis associated with acute Q fever - A case report.
Coxiella burnetii
Giant cell arteritis
Q fever
Temporal arteritis
Journal
Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy
ISSN: 1437-7780
Titre abrégé: J Infect Chemother
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 9608375
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Aug 2022
Aug 2022
Historique:
received:
11
02
2022
revised:
14
03
2022
accepted:
30
03
2022
pubmed:
11
4
2022
medline:
9
6
2022
entrez:
10
4
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Q fever is a worldwide spread zoonotic disease, caused by the gram-negative intracellular bacillus Coxiella burnetii. Apart from its most common manifestations, Q fever has been reported to occasionally mimic autoimmune diseases. We herein present a case of acute Q fever in a 69-year-old man, manifesting as prolonged fever with pneumonitis, in whom biopsy of the temporal artery revealed giant cell arteritis. Moreover, PCR testing of the biopsy specimen was positive for Coxiella burnetii, thus further supporting the possibly infectious etiology of some cases of biopsy proven giant cell arteritis, with implications for treatment.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35397975
pii: S1341-321X(22)00107-6
doi: 10.1016/j.jiac.2022.03.028
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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