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Acute Q fever in patients with an influenza-like illness in regional New South Wales, Australia.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
August 2024
Kirby Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Article Synopsis
- Query fever, caused by the bacterium Coxiella burnetii, often presents as an influenza-like illness (ILI), making it easy to overlook in low-endemic areas where other common illnesses like COVID-19 are more prevalent.
- A study tested 542 serum samples from patients aged 10-70 in New South Wales with undiagnosed probable ILI, finding only one case (0.2%) of missed acute Q fever, while 9.6% of 731 tests initiated by clinicians were positive during the same period.
- The findings suggest that Q fever is more likely to be diagnosed through clinician-requested tests rather than incidental screening of patients with ILI symptoms.
Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, Antimicrobial Therapy, and Management of Infective Endocarditis, and Its Complications.
Cureus
September 2022
Forensic Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, IND.
Infective endocarditis in the adult is life-threatening. Bacterial endocarditis is an inner infection lining the heart muscle (endocardium). The scientific study of the causes of diseases is known as etiology.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA Study of the Profile of Scrub Typhus in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Jharkhand: An Underestimated Problem.
Cureus
July 2022
Internal Medicine, Tata Main Hospital, Jamshedpur, IND.
Background and objective Scrub typhus (ST) is a rickettsial infection caused by , which is transmitted by the bite of the larval stage (chiggers) of trombiculid mites. Although it presents as an acute undifferentiated febrile illness (AUFI), its course can be complicated with acute respiratory distress syndrome, acute kidney injury (AKI), myocarditis, meningoencephalitis, hepatitis, multi-organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS), and ultimately death. This study aimed to evaluate the epidemiological features, clinical profile, laboratory features, and clinical outcomes of cases of scrub typhus and identify the predictors of disease severity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe use of dried blood spot cards to assess serologic responses of individuals vaccinated against measles, hepatitis A, tetanus, influenza and varicella zoster.
PLoS One
May 2022
Infectious Disease Service, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America.
Traditional blood sampling by venipuncture is cumbersome and relatively expensive. Dried blood spot (DBS) sampling is desirable because of its ease of sample collection, transportation and storage. It has been used in clinical diagnosis but not been thoroughly studied for the potential use to assess the immune status of individuals following natural infection or preventive vaccination.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAcute and chronic Q fever national surveillance - United States, 2008-2017.
Zoonoses Public Health
March 2022
Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Q fever is a zoonotic disease caused by the bacterium Coxiella burnetii and can manifest in an acute or chronic form. Many persons with acute Q fever are asymptomatic, but some develop a febrile illness, pneumonia or hepatitis. Chronic infections are rare and occur in less than 5% of persons exposed.
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