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| Year : 2011 | Volume
: 29
| Issue : 4 | Page : 418-419 |
A Q fever case mimicking crimean-congo haemorrhagic fever
O Karabay, HT Gozdas, G Ozturk, N Tuna, AC Utku
Sakarya Training and Research Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Turkey
Correspondence Address:
H T Gozdas
Sakarya Training and Research Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology
Turkey
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.90183 PMID: 22120806
Coxiella burnetii is the bacterium that causes Q fever. Human infection is mainly transmitted from cattle, goats and sheep. The disease is usually self-limited. Pneumonia and hepatitis are the most common clinical manifestations. In this study, we present a case of Q fever from the western part of Turkey mimicking Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in terms of clinical and laboratory findings.
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