Q-fever endocarditis.

Chronic Q fever endocarditis.

Eight patients with chronic Q fever endocarditis were treated with tetracycline for up to 40 months. In addition, five of these patients received co-trimoxazole. Six patients had prosthetic valves. Two patients who had Q fever endocarditis on their native valves required valve replacement because of haemodynamic difficulties: in only one did the Q fever endocarditis contribute to the haemodynam...

Chronic Q fever endocarditis.

Q fever tricuspid valve endocarditis.

Q fever is a zoonosis caused by Coxiella burnetii. The most frequent clinical expression of the chronic form is a bacterial culture negative aortic or mitral endocarditis. A case of tricuspid valve endocarditis due to C burnetii is described, with a favourable outcome after treatment with doxycycline and hydroxychloroquine.

Unsuspected Q fever endocarditis--a case report.

Q fever endocarditis is usually characterized by a history of contact with animals or animal products, subsequent weight loss, pyrexia and night sweats. Clinical features almost invariably include valvular involvement, hepatosplenomegaly and haematuria.' We report a case of Q fever endocarditis in an elderly woman who, despite high titres of antibody, initially had no features apart from valvul...

Changing clinical presentation of Q fever endocarditis.

Fifteen cases of Q fever endocarditis that occurred in 1999-2000 in southern France are described and compared with 15 cases from the same area reported in 1987. Significant decreases were found in the prevalences of heart failure, hepatomegaly, inflammatory syndrome, anemia, leukopenia, and abnormal liver function test results in patients who had Q fever endocarditis after 1997. This was proba...