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1. A travel-loving woman in her eighties with lower back pain and weight loss.

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Leknesund SH, Finjord T, and Jordal S

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Aged, 80 and over, Anti-Bacterial Agents administration & dosage, Anti-Bacterial Agents therapeutic use, Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic diagnostic imaging, Coxiella burnetii isolation & purification, Female, Humans, Low Back Pain microbiology, Lumbar Vertebrae diagnostic imaging, Lumbar Vertebrae microbiology, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Medical History Taking, Norway, Osteomyelitis diagnostic imaging, Thoracic Vertebrae diagnostic imaging, Thoracic Vertebrae microbiology, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Travel-Related Illness, Weight Loss, Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic microbiology, Osteomyelitis microbiology, Q Fever complications, Q Fever diagnosis, Q Fever drug therapy
Abstract

Background: This case report presents one of the first documented incidents of chronic Q-fever (C. burnetii) in Norway. A comprehensive workup resulted in an unexpected finding., Case Presentation: A Norwegian woman in her eighties presented to a district general hospital with lower back pain, decreased general condition and weight loss. Computer tomography (CT) revealed a large thoracic aortic aneurysm presumed to be of mycotic origin, and later magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans revealed osteomyelitis in the surrounding vertebrae. Conventional diagnostic workup did not identify the causative agent. After more than 6 months of different examinations, surgery, exhausting invasive procedures and antimicrobial treatment, we were ultimately successful in determining the microbial cause of chronic mycotic aneurism and osteomyelitis to be C. Burnetii (Q-fever) through serological and PCR analysis., Interpretation: An increasing proportion of the population in all age groups travel abroad, and clinicians should be aware of the increasing incidence of imported infectious diseases. Obtaining a thorough medical history is still an important tool in the diagnostic process.

Published
2019
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3. [Q-fever imported into Norway].

Author

Jensenius M, Maeland A, Kvale D, Farstad IN, Vene S, and Bruu AL

Subjects
Aged, Animals, Cattle, Endocarditis, Bacterial drug therapy, Endocarditis, Bacterial microbiology, Endocarditis, Bacterial pathology, Goats, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Norway, Q Fever drug therapy, Q Fever microbiology, Sheep, Tetracyclines therapeutic use, Travel, Treatment Outcome, Zoonoses microbiology, Q Fever diagnosis
Abstract

Q fever is an important zoonosis that occurs throughout the world. In contrast to most other European countries, there has been no evidence of endemic Q fever in Norway up to now. The disease is caused by Coxiella burnetii, a rickettsia-like bacterium. Humans are infected mainly by inhalation of contaminated aerosols from cattle, sheep and goats. Clinical manifestations are protean, ranging from asymptomatic infection to life-threatening endocarditis. In this article we present the first four cases of serological proven acute Q fever imported into Norway. The patients were Norwegian tourists who had visited Bhutan, the Canary Islands, and Morocco. Two patients had fever with maculopapular exanthema, one had pneumonia, and one had biopsy-proven granulomatous hepatitis. Three were treated with tetracyclines. All four patients recovered well.

Published
1997

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