INFECTION OF AN ABDOMINAL AORTIC-ANEURYSM BY COXIELLA-BURNETTI 8 YEARS AFTER ACUTE Q-FEVER

Authors
SOTTO A LAMAURY I JONQUET O BERTRAND A JANBON F
Citation
A. Sotto et al., INFECTION OF AN ABDOMINAL AORTIC-ANEURYSM BY COXIELLA-BURNETTI 8 YEARS AFTER ACUTE Q-FEVER, La Semaine des hopitaux de Paris, 70(7-8), 1994, pp. 211-213
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
La Semaine des hopitaux de Paris → ACNP
ISSN journal
00371777
Volume
70
Issue
7-8
Year of publication
1994
Pages
211 - 213
Database
ISI
SICI code
0037-1777(1994)70:7-8<211:IOAAAB>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
A patient developed infection of an abdominal aortic aneurysm due to C oxiella burnetii eight years after acute Q fever. Serological tests we re consistent with chronic Q fever. The pathophysiology of chronic Q f ever is discussed.