TY  - JOUR
TI  - Are We Aware of Q Fever Enough? Experience From A Single Centre
AB  - ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Q fever is a zoonosis caused by Coxiella burnetii. The main clinical presentations are pneumonia and hepatitis. However, it can be difficult torecognise Q fever due to many different clinical presentations. In this study, we aimed to increase the awareness of Q fever by presenting clinical and laboratory features of Q fever cases from our institution.MATERIAL and METHODS: Patients with a diagnosis of Q fever in our hospital database were evaluated retrospectively. Patient characteristics as well asclinical and laboratory values at presentation were recorded.RESULTS: A total of six patients were included in this study. Various clinical presentation was observed such as fever, anorexia and malaise as the most commonsymptoms. The most common laboratory abnormality was CRP elevation as being detected in all patients followed by LDH and transaminase elevations. bothwere found in four patients.CONCLUSION: Serological methods used to diagnose Q fever are not routinely performed, so Q fever cases can be missed easily. We believe that Q fever should beinvestigated further in patients from endemic regions who did not give adequate response to nonspesific antibiotic treatment.
AU  - SIRMATEL, FATMA
AU  - Akdeniz, Hayrettin
AU  - GÖZDAŞ, Hasan Tahsin
AU  - KARABÖRK, Şeyma
PY  - 2019
JO  - Kocaeli Tıp Dergisi
VL  - 8
IS  - 2
SN  - 2147-0758
SP  - 66
EP  - 71
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/339799
ER  -