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Q fever and lymphadenopathy: report of four new cases and review

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases volume 23, pages 759–764 (2004)Cite this article

Abstract

Coxiella burnetii, the causative agent of Q fever, is responsible for various clinical syndromes, but lymphadenitis has been described during Q fever in only three recent case reports. Four new cases of acute Q fever associated with lymphadenopathy are reported here, and these cases are discussed along with the three previously reported cases. Coxiella burnetii was isolated for the first time from a lymph node. Q fever should be considered an etiologic agent of lymphadenitis.

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  1. Unité des Rickettsies CNRS UMR 6020, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, 27, Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13385, Marseille Cedex 05, France

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  5. Research Group of Human Gene Therapy, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, N-15, W-7, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8638, Japan

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Foucault, C., Lepidi, H., Poujet-Abadie, J.F. et al. Q fever and lymphadenopathy: report of four new cases and review. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 23, 759–764 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-004-1211-8

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Keywords

  • Sarcoidosis
  • Lymphadenitis
  • Francisella Tularensis
  • Coxiella Burnetii
  • Bartonella Henselae