Unusual aspects of acute Q fever-associated hepatitis.
Mayo Clin Proc
; 69(8): 769-73, 1994 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-8035634
ABSTRACT
We describe a 37-year-old farmer with a 3-week history of fevers and hepatitis, in whom Q fever was diagnosed. The diagnosis was based on the findings of characteristic "ring" granulomas on a bone marrow biopsy specimen and confirmed by complement-fixation antibody tests to Coxiella burnetii. Unusual aspects of this case included (1) relatively low complement-fixation antibody titers, (2) prolonged prothrombin time, (3) false-positive results of a serologic test for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and (4) ring granulomas that progressed to atypical granulomas in biopsy specimens.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Febre Q
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Hepatite
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Mayo Clin Proc
Ano de publicação:
1994
Tipo de documento:
Article