Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Acute hepatitis associated with Q fever in a man in Greece: a case report. | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Open Access Acute hepatitis associated with Q fever in a man in Greece a case report Magdalini Pape1 Andreas Xanthis 2 Apostolos Hatzitolios2 Kalliopi Mandraveli1 Christos Savopoulos2 and Stella Alexiou-Daniel1 Address Department of Microbiology School of Medicine laboratory of infectious diseases AHEPA Hospital Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Greece and 2First Medical Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine AHEPA Hospital Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Greece Email Magdalini Pape - magpap@ Andreas Xanthis - andyxanthis@ Apostolos Hatzitolios - axatzito@ Kalliopi Mandraveli - kmandrav@ Christos Savopoulos - chrisavop@ Stella Alexiou-Daniel - alexiou@ Corresponding author Published 27 November 2007 Received 3 July 2007 -. . r. J r. Accepted 27 November 2007 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2007 1 154 doi l 752-1947-1-154 This article is available from http content 1 1 154 2007 Pape et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Coxiella burnetii is the causative agent of Q fever. Q fever is a worldwide zoonosis that is responsible for various clinical manifestations. However in Greece hepatitis due to Coxiella is rarely encountered. A case of Q fever associated with hepatitis is reported here. Diagnosis was made by specific serological investigation enzyme-linked immunosorbent and indirect immunofluorescene assays for Coxiella burnetii. Introduction Q fever is caused by the obligate intracellular bacterium Coxiella burnetii. The primary reservoirs of infection are farm animals such .
