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Q J Med 2002; 95: 491-492
© 2002 Association of Physicians

Editorial

Q fever: still a mysterious disease

D. Raoult

Université de la Méditerranée Marseilles France e-mail: Didier.Raoult@medecine.univ-mrs.fr

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Q fever remains an incompletely understood disease (the Q is for Query). It is caused by a zoonotic agent, C. burnetii, that is widely distributed in animals.1 It can give rise to chronic infections in certain patients: chronic endocarditis, osteomyelitis, and infections of vascular aneurysms and prosthetics have all been documented by culture. When infection occurs during pregnancy, abortion may result, and chronic uterine infection, associated with recurrent miscarriages, may follow acute infection.2 In patients with valvular . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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