Delayed Diagnosis of Acute Q Fever, China

Abstract

We report a patient in China with fever of unknown origin who visited 3 hospitals in 3 weeks and was finally given a diagnosis of acute Q fever, determined by metagenomics next-generation sequencing. Our results indicate that physicians are unfamiliar with Q fever and the disease is neglected in China.

Keywords

• acute Q fever
• China
• zoonoses
• Coxiella burnetii
• bacteria