Delayed diagnosis of Q fever endocarditis in a rheumatoid arthritis patient

Chronic Q fever caused by Coxiella burnetii is uncommon in the United States and is most often associated with infective endocarditis. We present a 52-year-old woman with a history of aortic valve replacement and rheumatoid arthritis treated with Etanercept with chronic Q fever manifesting as prosth...

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Main Authors: Shah, Shailee Y., Kovacs, Christopher, Tan, Carmela D., Pettersson, Gosta, Shrestha, Nabin K., Lutwick, Larry, Gordon, Steven M.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4712205/