Landais Cécile, Fenollar Florence, Thuny Franck, Raoult Didier
Unité des Rickettsies, Faculté de médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France.
Clin Infect Dis. 2007 May 15;44(10):1337-40. doi: 10.1086/515401. Epub 2007 Apr 4.
The serological evolution from acute Q fever to endocarditis is reported for 22 patients, with a median lag time of 3 months. From this data, we propose a follow-up strategy of serological testing at the third and sixth months after acute Q fever to obtain an early diagnosis of chronic infection.
报告了22例从急性Q热到心内膜炎的血清学演变情况，中位间隔时间为3个月。根据这些数据，我们提出在急性Q热后第3个月和第6个月进行血清学检测的随访策略，以早期诊断慢性感染。
