Q fever endocarditis: is it always subacute or chronic?
Q fever is a zoonotic disease caused by Coxiella burnetii, an obligate intracellular bacterium, which cannot be grown using routine blood culture methods. Although C. burnetii is reported to be the causative agent in approximately 50% of blood culture-negative infective endocarditis cases in develop...
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| author | Mehmet Rasih Sonsöz Elif Agüloğlu Bali Mehmet Aydoğan Fehmi Mercanoğlu Serap Şimşek Yavuz |
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| description | Q fever is a zoonotic disease caused by Coxiella burnetii, an obligate intracellular bacterium, which cannot be grown using routine blood culture methods. Although C. burnetii is reported to be the causative agent in approximately 50% of blood culture-negative infective endocarditis cases in developed countries, the incidence in Turkey is yet to be defined. The clinical course of Q fever endocarditis is generally subacute and chronic; the disease may be present for years with only subtle symptoms and no vegetation visible on echocardiography while the bacteria gradually destroy the heart valves. This is the case of the successful treatment of a young man with Q fever endocarditis that had an acute clinical course. In 1 month, he developed New York Heart Association class IV heart failure and a large, 3-cm vegetation was observed on an echocardiogram. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c304fb036ee348f0be8bb8caf9784e692023-02-15T16:15:22ZengKARE PublishingTürk Kardiyoloji Derneği Arşivi1016-51692020-01-01481727610.5543/tkda.2019.59153TKDA-59153Q fever endocarditis: is it always subacute or chronic?Mehmet Rasih Sonsöz0Elif Agüloğlu Bali1Mehmet Aydoğan2Fehmi Mercanoğlu3Serap Şimşek Yavuz4Department of Cardiology, İstanbul University, İstanbul Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Infectious Diseases, İstanbul University, İstanbul Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Cardiology, İstanbul University, İstanbul Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Cardiology, İstanbul University, İstanbul Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Infectious Diseases, İstanbul University, İstanbul Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, TurkeyQ fever is a zoonotic disease caused by Coxiella burnetii, an obligate intracellular bacterium, which cannot be grown using routine blood culture methods. Although C. burnetii is reported to be the causative agent in approximately 50% of blood culture-negative infective endocarditis cases in developed countries, the incidence in Turkey is yet to be defined. The clinical course of Q fever endocarditis is generally subacute and chronic; the disease may be present for years with only subtle symptoms and no vegetation visible on echocardiography while the bacteria gradually destroy the heart valves. This is the case of the successful treatment of a young man with Q fever endocarditis that had an acute clinical course. In 1 month, he developed New York Heart Association class IV heart failure and a large, 3-cm vegetation was observed on an echocardiogram.https://jag.journalagent.com/z4/download_fulltext.asp?pdir=tkd&un=TKDA-59153acute q fever endocarditiscoxiella burnetiiechocardiogramheart failure; infective endocarditis; q fever; valve replacement; vegetation. |
| spellingShingle | Mehmet Rasih Sonsöz Elif Agüloğlu Bali Mehmet Aydoğan Fehmi Mercanoğlu Serap Şimşek Yavuz Q fever endocarditis: is it always subacute or chronic? Türk Kardiyoloji Derneği Arşivi acute q fever endocarditis coxiella burnetii echocardiogram heart failure; infective endocarditis; q fever; valve replacement; vegetation. |
| title | Q fever endocarditis: is it always subacute or chronic? |
| title_full | Q fever endocarditis: is it always subacute or chronic? |
| title_fullStr | Q fever endocarditis: is it always subacute or chronic? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Q fever endocarditis: is it always subacute or chronic? |
| title_short | Q fever endocarditis: is it always subacute or chronic? |
| title_sort | q fever endocarditis is it always subacute or chronic |
| topic | acute q fever endocarditis coxiella burnetii echocardiogram heart failure; infective endocarditis; q fever; valve replacement; vegetation. |
| url | https://jag.journalagent.com/z4/download_fulltext.asp?pdir=tkd&un=TKDA-59153 |
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