Baquero-Artigao Fernando, del Castillo Fernando, Tellez Alicia
Servicio de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Universitario Infantil La Paz, Madrid, Spain.
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2002 Jul;21(7):705-7. doi: 10.1097/00006454-200207000-00021.
Acute Coxiella burnetii infection is most commonly a mild and self-limiting disease with fever, pneumonia and hepatitis. Endocarditis is the most frequent clinical presentation of chronic infection. We report a 2-year-old child with Q fever who presented with acute pericarditis and cardiac tamponade and who developed a chronic hepatic infection.
急性伯氏考克斯体感染通常是一种伴有发热、肺炎和肝炎的轻度自限性疾病。心内膜炎是慢性感染最常见的临床表现。我们报告一名2岁Q热患儿,其表现为急性心包炎和心脏压塞,并发展为慢性肝脏感染。