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8497173

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
17
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-6-21
pubmed:abstractText
Endocarditis by Q fever is a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge given the diagnostic delay and elevated morbidity and mortality it carries. Six cases of endocarditis by Q fever attended over the last 7 years were retrospectively studied. Five patients had been previously diagnosed of valvular involvement and three had prosthesis. Five patients presented a febrile syndrome of prolonged duration with negative hemocultures and progressive valvular changes. One patient presented acute valvular failure requiring emergency surgery. The most significant laboratory data were anemia, thrombocytopenia, high ESR and hypergammaglobulinemia. In the echocardiograms valvular vegetations were observed in 4 cases. All the patients received medical treatment with doxicylin, one associated with rifampicin and another cotrimoxazol. In 4 patients valvular reposition was required due to a severe hemodynamic alteration. After a minimum follow up of 2 years all the patients remain asymptomatic. The serologic evolution is described.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
spa
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0025-7753
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
100
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
664-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
[Q fever-induced endocarditis. An analysis of 6 cases].
pubmed:affiliation
Unidad de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract