Zoonotic disease caused by the bacteria Coxiella burnetii, it is found in the birth products (placenta, amniotic fluid),urine, feces, and milk of infected animals, and it can survive...
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Follow-up serology at 3 and 6 months in all patients with acute Q fever [C].
Monitor patients at high risk for progression to chronic Q fever, us...
A78 Q fever
186788009 Q fever
409552002 Chronic Q fever
409553007 Acute Q fever
409554001 Q fever hepatitis
32286006 Pneumonia in Q fever
95890006 Q fever endocarditis
409556004 Q fever ence...
Q fever requires a high degree of clinical suspicion for diagnosis.
Consider Q fever in patients presenting with flulike symptoms in the setting of a known exposure.
Doxycycline is the t...
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