Coxiella burnetii infection in a patient from a rural area of Monteria, Colombia

Autor:	Mattar V, Salim, Contreras C, Verónica, Gonzalez T, Marco, Camargo, Francisco, Alvarez, Jaime, Oteo R, José
Jazyk:	Spanish; Castilian
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	zoonotic infectious diseases 36 Problemas y servicios sociales asociaciones / Social problems and social services Coxiella burnetii 61 Ciencias médicas Medicina / Medicine and health bacteria communicable diseases emerging vector-borne disease bacterial infections and mycoses Q fever
Zdroj:	Repositorio UN Universidad Nacional de Colombia instacron:Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Popis:	Q fever is a zoonosis caused by Coxiella burnetii. In Colombia, there have been very few human cases reported to date. This report describes the case of a 56-year-old patient with a background in agriculture and livestock handling. An indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) showed high titers of IgG for C. burnetii anti-phase I (1: 256) and anti-phase II (1:1024). For the next six months the patient's IgG antibody titers remained high, and after treatment with doxycycline, the IgG antibody titers decreased to 50% (anti-phase I 1:128 and anti-phase II 1:512); this profile suggests an infection of C. burnetii.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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