A case of Q fever after liver transplantation.

Transpl Infect Dis

Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Health, Department Internal Medicine, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.

Published: October 2017

Coxiella burnetii, the causative agent of Q fever, is a zoonosis that causes both acute and chronic disease in humans. Few cases have been reported in solid organ transplant recipients, and this case highlights the need to include Q fever in the differential diagnosis for fever of unknown origin in solid organ transplant hosts.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tid.12737DOI Listing

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