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==Complications== | ==Complications== | ||
===Pulmonary complications=== | ===Pulmonary complications=== | ||
*Atypical pneumonia | *[[Atypical pneumonia]] | ||
*ARDS in rare cases | *[[Acute respiratory distress syndrome]] [[Acute respiratory distress syndrome|ARDS]] in rare cases | ||
===Cardiac complications=== | ===Cardiac complications=== | ||
*Endocarditis | *[[Endocarditis]] | ||
*Pericarditis or myocarditis | *[[Pericarditis]] or [[myocarditis]] | ||
* | *[[Pericardial effusion]] | ||
===Hepatic complications=== | ===Hepatic complications=== | ||
*Hepatic fibrosis and cirrhosis | *[[Hepatic fibrosis]] and [[cirrhosis]] | ||
===Musculoskeletal complications=== | ===Musculoskeletal complications=== | ||
*Osteomyelitis | *[[Osteomyelitis]] | ||
*Arthritis | *[[Arthritis]] | ||
===Obstetric complications=== | ===Obstetric complications=== | ||
*Abortion | *[[Abortion]] | ||
*IUGR | *[[IUGR]] | ||
* | *Intrauterine fetal death | ||
==Prognosis== | ==Prognosis== | ||
===Acute Q fever=== | ===Acute Q fever=== | ||
Acute Q fever is responsive to treatment and even without treatment, mortality 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 lethaity of 10% after treatment. | * Chronic Q fever is more serious with lethaity of 10% after treatment. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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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
Natural history
Acute Q fever
If left untreated, most patients will recover within several month.
Chronic Q fever
- If left untreated, it is usually deadly. However, with appropriate treatment this lethality is around 10%
Complications
Pulmonary complications
- Atypical pneumonia
- Acute respiratory distress syndrome ARDS in rare cases
Cardiac complications
Hepatic complications
Musculoskeletal complications
Obstetric complications
Prognosis
Acute Q fever
- Acute Q fever is responsive to treatment and even without treatment, mortality rate is 1-2%
Chronic Q fever
- Chronic Q fever is more serious with lethaity of 10% after treatment.