| Q fever: a new ocular manifestation. | |
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PMID: 21966200 Owner: NLM Status: PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
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Q Fever is a zoonosis caused by Coxiella burnetii. Ocular manifestations are rare in this infection. We describe the case of a man complaining of an intense retro-orbital headache, fever, arthralgia, and bilateral loss of vision, who showed an anterior uveitis accompanied by exudative bilateral inferior retinal detachment and optic disk edema. At the beginning, a Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) syndrome was suspected, but the patient was diagnosed with Q fever and treatment with doxycycline was initiated, with complete resolution after 2 weeks. We wondered if Q fever could unleash VKH syndrome or simulate a VKH syndrome by a similar immunological process. |
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P Udaondo; S Garcia-Delpech; D Salom; M Garcia-Pous; M Diaz-Llopis |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2011-09-06 |
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Title: Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) Volume: 5 ISSN: 1177-5483 ISO Abbreviation: Clin Ophthalmol Publication Date: 2011 |
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Created Date: 2011-10-03 Completed Date: 2011-11-10 Revised Date: 2012-05-07 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101321512 Medline TA: Clin Ophthalmol Country: New Zealand |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1273-5 Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Ophthalmology, Nuevo Hospital Universitario y Politecnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain. |
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