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Q fever tricuspid valve endocarditis
J M Lupoglazoff1, P Brouqui, S Magnier
1Service de Cardiologie Pédiatrique, Hôpital Robert Debré, Paris, France.
Archives of Disease in Childhood
|March 6, 1998
Abstract:
Q fever is a zoonosis caused by Coxiella burnetii. The most frequent clinical expression of the chronic form is a bacterial culture negative aortic or mitral endocarditis. A case of tricuspid valve endocarditis due to C burnetii is described, with a favourable outcome after treatment with doxycycline and hydroxychloroquine.