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Large vessel vasculitis in a patient with acute Q-fever: A case report
Fotini Baziaka1, Ilias Karaiskos1, Lamprini Galani1
16th Department of Internal Medicine, Hygeia General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Abstract:
Q fever is a zoonosis caused by the rickettsial organism Coxiella burnetii. Infection has an acute course, usually with a self-limited febrile illness and the possibility of the evaluation to a chronic course with endocardial involvement. The presence of autoantibodies and various autoimmune disorders have also been associated with C. burnetii infection. We report a case of acute Q fever in which the patient developed large vessel vasculitis. The FDG-PET/CT scan detected inflammation of the thoracic aortic wall, suggesting an unusual immunologic host response to acute Q fever infection.
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