A Q fever case mimicking crimean-congo haemorrhagic fever

Indian J Med Microbiol. 2011 Oct-Dec;29(4):418-9. doi: 10.4103/0255-0857.90183.

Abstract

Coxiella burnetii is the bacterium that causes Q fever. Human infection is mainly transmitted from cattle, goats and sheep. The disease is usually self-limited. Pneumonia and hepatitis are the most common clinical manifestations. In this study, we present a case of Q fever from the western part of Turkey mimicking Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in terms of clinical and laboratory findings.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Congo
  • Coxiella burnetii / isolation & purification*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean / diagnosis*
  • Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Lung / diagnostic imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Q Fever / diagnosis*
  • Q Fever / pathology*
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Turkey