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Said Younis1,2, Michal Stein2,3, Sharon Reisfeld2,3
1Internal Medicine Department D, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel.
Abstract:
Endocarditis is not a usual manifestation of acute Q fever. There is an ongoing debate about the need to screen patients for valvular diseases after acute Q fever. We present, for the first time, three patients with bacterial endocarditis from different aetiologies and a simultaneous diagnosis of acute Q fever. All were treated with prolonged antimicrobial treatment, and none of them developed a persistent Q infection. We suggest screening patients with endocarditis from other aetiologies to Q fever.
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