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==Prognosis== | ==Prognosis== | ||
===Acute Q fever=== | ===Acute Q fever=== | ||
* Acute Q fever is responsive to treatment and even without treatment, [[mortality rate]] is 1-2% | * Acute Q fever is responsive to treatment and even without treatment, [[mortality rate]] is 1-2%. | ||
===Chronic Q fever=== | ===Chronic Q fever=== | ||
* Chronic Q fever is more serious with [[Mortality rate|lethaity]] of 10% after treatment.<ref name="pmid18452690">{{cite journal |vauthors=Hartzell JD, Wood-Morris RN, Martinez LJ, Trotta RF |title=Q fever: epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment |journal=Mayo Clin. Proc. |volume=83 |issue=5 |pages=574–9 |year=2008 |pmid=18452690 |doi=10.4065/83.5.574 |url=}}</ref> | * Chronic Q fever is more serious with [[Mortality rate|lethaity]] of 10% after treatment.<ref name="pmid18452690">{{cite journal |vauthors=Hartzell JD, Wood-Morris RN, Martinez LJ, Trotta RF |title=Q fever: epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment |journal=Mayo Clin. Proc. |volume=83 |issue=5 |pages=574–9 |year=2008 |pmid=18452690 |doi=10.4065/83.5.574 |url=}}</ref> | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ahmed Younes M.B.B.CH [2]
Overview
Acute Q fever has a good prognosis even without treatment. Chronic Q fever has a less favorable prognosis.
Natural history
Acute Q fever
- If left untreated, most patients will recover within several month.[1]
Chronic Q fever
- If left untreated, it is usually deadly. However, with appropriate treatment this lethality is around 10%.[1]
Complications
Pulmonary
- Atypical pneumonia
- Acute respiratory distress syndrome ARDS in rare cases
Cardiac
Hepatic
Musculoskeletal
Obstetric
Prognosis
Acute Q fever
- Acute Q fever is responsive to treatment and even without treatment, mortality rate is 1-2%.
Chronic Q fever
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ishikawa H, Maeda H, Takamatsu H, Saito Y (1979). "Systemic hyalinosis (juvenile hyaline fibromatosis). Ultrastructure of the hyaline with particular reference to the cross-banded structure". Arch. Dermatol. Res. 265 (2): 195–206. PMID 88923.
- ↑ Hartzell JD, Wood-Morris RN, Martinez LJ, Trotta RF (2008). "Q fever: epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment". Mayo Clin. Proc. 83 (5): 574–9. doi:10.4065/83.5.574. PMID 18452690.