Delayed diagnosis of Q fever endocarditis in a rheumatoid arthritis patient
Chronic Q fever caused by Coxiella burnetii is uncommon in the United States and is most often associated with infective endocarditis. We present a 52-year-old woman with a history of aortic valve replacement and rheumatoid arthritis treated with Etanercept with chronic Q fever manifesting as prosth...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2015-01-01
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250915000244 |