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CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES
卷 33, 期 3, 页码 312-316出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1086/321889
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Coxiella burnetii causes acute and chronic Q fever. To evaluate the risk factors of development of chronic endocarditis following Q fever and to assess the best preventive therapy, a retrospective study of patients diagnosed as having Q fever during 1985-2000 was conducted. Twelve patients with acute Q fever who developed endocarditis and 102 patients with Q fever endocarditis were included in the study. When compared to 200 control patients with acute Q fever, preexisting valvular disease (P<10(-7)), especially a prosthetic valve (P=.01), were encountered more often among patients with endocarditis. Among patients with valvular defects, we estimate the risk of developing endocarditis to be 39%. A combination of doxycycline plus hydroxychloroquine was better at preventing the development of endocarditis than doxycycline alone (P = .009). Our results should encourage physicians to detect valvular lesions in patients with acute Q fever and to search for acute Q fever in patients with a valvulopathy and unexplained fever. A proper treatment for such patients and a scheduled follow-up should reduce the risk of developing endocarditis.
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