Coxiella burnetii infection in a patient from a rural area of Monteria, Colombia

Q fever is a zoonosis caused by Coxiella burnetii. In Colombia, there have been very few human cases reported to date. This report describes the case of a 56-year-old patient with a background in agriculture and livestock handling. An indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) showed high titers of IgG for C. burnetii anti-phase I (1: 256) and anti-phase II (1:1024). For the next six months the patient's IgG antibody titers remained high, and after treatment with doxycycline, the IgG antibody titers decreased to 50% (anti-phase I 1:128 and anti-phase II 1:512); this profile suggests an infection of C. burnetii.

• Autores: Mattar V, Salim; Contreras C, Verónica; Gonzalez T, Marco; Camargo, Francisco; Alvarez, Jaime; Oteo R, José
• Tipo de recurso: Article of journal
• Fecha de publicación: 2014
• Institución: Universidad Nacional de Colombia
• Repositorio: Universidad Nacional de Colombia
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/65725
• Acceso en línea: https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/65725; http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/66748/
• Palabra clave: 36 Problemas y servicios sociales, asociaciones / Social problems and social services; 61 Ciencias médicas; Medicina / Medicine and health; Q fever; Coxiella burnetii; vector-borne disease; zoonotic infectious diseases; communicable diseases emerging
• Rights: openAccess
• License: Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional