ALLMedicine™ Q Fever Center

Nov 29th, 2021 - Retinitis as first clinical manifestation of Q fever infection in a patient returning from Mexico: A diagnostic challenge.|2021|Espinosa-Encalada D,Copete Piqueras S,Gómez Cortés A,Blanco Marchite CI,|

Nov 23rd, 2021 - Coxiella burnetii, the causative bacterium of the zoonotic disease Q fever, has been documented in many different species. We describe documented turtles that were PCR positive for C. burnetii from multiple locations in Illinois and Wisconsin, USA...

Nov 22nd, 2021 - Background Rickettsiae comprise a group of microorganisms that phylogenetically occupy a position between bacteria and viruses. The genus Rickettsia is included in the bacterial tribe Rickettsiae, family Rickettsiaceae, and order Rickettsiales. Th...

Nov 22nd, 2021 - Background Rickettsiae comprise a group of microorganisms that phylogenetically occupy a position between bacteria and viruses. The genus Rickettsia is included in the bacterial tribe Rickettsiae, family Rickettsiaceae, and order Rickettsiales. Th...

Oct 1st, 2021 - Q fever is a zoonotic disease caused by Coxiella burnetii. Most patients have non-specific symptoms at onset. In addition, routine diagnostic tests for C. burnetii are not sensitive, and the bacterium cannot grow in general culture medium. The dia...

Mar 29th, 2013 - Q fever, a zoonotic disease caused by the bacterium Coxiella burnetii, can cause acute or chronic illness in humans. Transmission occurs primarily through inhalation of aerosols from contaminated soil or animal waste. No licensed vaccine is availa...

Jun 23rd, 2021 - Q fever fatigue syndrome (QFS) is one of the most frequent sequelae of Q fever, and constitutes a significant problem in the current outbreak of Q fever. QFS leads to substantial morbidity and has a high socio-economic burden, related to increased...

May 30th, 2018 - In order to estimate seroprevalence and risk factors for Coxiella burnetii infection in humans, the investigators will conduct a cross-sectional study in three groups: blood donors at blood donation organizations (general population) beef and dair...

Oct 1st, 2012 - The low confirmed rickettsioses cases rate may indicate the presence of rickettsiosis other than scrub typhus, murine typhus, and Q fever. The clinical presentation of rickettsiosis is variable and atypical that laboratory confirmation is necessar...

Sep 23rd, 2019 - Ticks can carry and transmit a remarkable array of pathogens, including bacteria, spirochetes, rickettsiae, protozoa, viruses, nematodes, and toxins. A single tick bite can transmit multiple pathogens, a phenomenon that has led to atypical present...

Oct 14th, 2015 - A vacuole containing Coxiella burnetii Image courtesy of NIAID The bacterium that causes Q fever may confer an increased risk of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and follicular lymphoma (FL), according to a study published in Blood. Q fever i.

Oct 1st, 2015 - Five Americans developed Q fever -- a disease of cattle, sheep and goats that's an occupational hazard for farmers -- after traveling to Germany for injections of sheep cells in what is described as "live cell therapy." Discredited stem cell resea...

Jul 17th, 2014 - How do you bring up bad body odor with coworkers? It's not easy, says NPR. (Of course, Dear Abby had this covered long ago.) There's no good news for niacin. The HPS2-THRIVE trial, reported in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that the co...

May 8th, 2014 - Action Points Treatment goals are attained more quickly and maintained with fewer treatment intensifications with initial triple disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug therapy with initial methotrexate monotherapy, a study found. Another study has ...