Description of a case of severe Q fever

Abstract

The paper considers a rare clinical case of severe Q fever in a young man with no compromised premorbid background. It describes and analyzes clinical manifestations and laboratory findings with consideration for the current data available in the literature. The issues of the differential diagnosis, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment of Q fever are discussed.

Keywords

• q fever
• coxiellosis
• coxiella burnetii–caused disease
• community-acquired pneumonias