A Case of Acute Q Fever Presenting with Abdominal Pain and Developing Myocarditis

Coxiella burnetii is the cause of Q fever, which is a zoonosis. Although the disease is mostly asymptomatic, it can progress to different clinical forms. Myocarditis is rarely seen in acute Q fever. In this report, we present a 40-year-old male patient who applied to the emergency department with co...

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Published inKLIMIK dergisi Vol. 36; no. 3; pp. 226 - 228
Main Authors Bozkurt, Caglayan, Gurbanov, Asim, Yagmur, Burcu, Kilincer-Bozgul, Sukriye Miray, Bozkurt, Devrim
Format Journal Article
LanguageTurkish
Published 30.09.2023
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Summary:Coxiella burnetii is the cause of Q fever, which is a zoonosis. Although the disease is mostly asymptomatic, it can progress to different clinical forms. Myocarditis is rarely seen in acute Q fever. In this report, we present a 40-year-old male patient who applied to the emergency department with complaints of abdominal pain and fever and was followed with the diagnosis of cholangitis. He was later transferred to the intensive care unit after developing heart failure and was diagnosed with Q fever myocarditis. We present this case to bring attention to the severe clinical course and the unusual onset of Q fever.
ISSN:1301-143X
1309-1484
DOI:10.36519/kd.2023.4369