Chronic Q fever: A missed prosthetic valve endocarditis possibly for years

Chronic Coxiella burnetii endocarditis usually develops in people with underlying heart disease and accounts for 60–70% of chronic Q fever. Onset is generally insidious and manifestations are atypical. The authors report a case of Coxiella burnetii prosthetic valve endocarditis in a 53 years- old pa...

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Published in:IDCases
Main Authors: Ferraz, Rita Veiga, Andrade, Marta, Silva, Filipa, Andrade, Paulo, Carvalho, Cláudia, Torres, José Pinheiro, Almeida, Jorge, Sarmento, António, Santos, Lurdes
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Elsevier 2016
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Case Report
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5048103/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27713859
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2016.09.005
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