Q Fever Severe Pericarditis With Cardiac Tamponade: A Case Report.

coxiella burnetii endocarditis pericarditis q fever serological diagnosis

Journal

Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Feb 2023
Historique:
accepted: 14 02 2023
entrez: 20 3 2023
pubmed: 21 3 2023
medline: 21 3 2023
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Q fever can present in acute or chronic form with a wide range of clinical symptoms and presentations. Here we report severe pericarditis with cardiac tamponade due to a chronic Coxiella burnetii (C. burnetii) infection. Our report emphasizes and justifies the importance of serological testing for chronic Q fever in patients with unexplained pericarditis, particularly in areas where C. burnetii is endemic.

Identifiants

pubmed: 36938255
doi: 10.7759/cureus.34980
pmc: PMC10019786
doi:

Types de publication

Case Reports

Langues

eng

Pagination

e34980

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2023, Pikoulas et al.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Auteurs

Antonios Pikoulas (A)

Department of Clinical Therapeutics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, GRC.
Department of Medicine, University of Crete and Foundation for Research and Technology, Heraklion, GRC.

Sofia Arapi (S)

Cardiology, G. Gennimatas General Hospital, Athens, GRC.

Georgia Kosta (G)

Radiology, Alexandra General Hospital, Athens, GRC.

Christos Lampropoulos (C)

Emergency Department, Alexandra General Hospital, Athens, GRC.

Ioanna Papaioannou (I)

Cardiology, G. Gennimatas General Hospital, Athens, GRC.

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