Department of Internal Medicine, Evangelismos General Hospital, 45 - 47 Ypsilantou St, 10676, Athens, Greece.
Department of Internal Medicine, Evangelismos General Hospital, 45 - 47 Ypsilantou St, 10676, Athens, Greece.
J Infect Chemother. 2021 Sep;27(9):1357-1359. doi: 10.1016/j.jiac.2021.04.007. Epub 2021 Apr 23.
Coxiella burnetii is a gram-negative bacterium that typically lives and multiplies within monocytes and macrophages of the host, being the etiologic agent of the zoonosis Q fever. Q fever is usually divided into acute and chronic forms, with a significant percentage of patients being asymptomatic. In the wide spectrum of the disease, neurological involvement seems to be extremely rare and peripheral neuropathy presenting with mononeuritis multiplex is one of the possible presentations with low rates of occurrence. Hereby, we present an unusual case of a 55-year-old male with fever and multiple mononeuritis attributed to Q fever and we summarize a short review of C. burnetii infection.
贝氏柯克斯体是一种革兰氏阴性菌,通常在宿主的单核细胞和巨噬细胞内生存和繁殖,是引起动物源性疾病 Q 热的病原体。Q 热通常分为急性和慢性两种形式,很大比例的患者无症状。在疾病的广泛谱中,神经系统受累似乎极为罕见,多发性单神经炎是其可能的表现之一,发生率较低。在此,我们报告了一例 55 岁男性发热和多发性单神经病的不常见病例,归因于 Q 热,并总结了对 C. burnetii 感染的简短回顾。