Acute, severe hepatitis due to Coxiella burnetiinfection

Autor: Kelly, Raymond P., Byrnes, David J., Turner, Jennifer
Zdroj: Medical Journal of Australia; February 1986, Vol. 144 Issue: 3 p151-154, 4p
Abstrakt: An unusual case of Coxiella burnetiinfection is described in which the patient presented with an “acute abdomen” and marked clinical icterus. This case emphasizes that Q‐fever may appear as acute hepatitis and illustrates its “characteristic” histopathological lesions which have been recognized only recently.
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