Acute Q Fever With Dermatologic Manifestations, Molecular Diagnosis, and No Seroconversion

Natalí Uribe Pulido; Clara Escorcia García; Ruth Cabrera Orrego; Lina Andrea Gutiérrez; Carlos Andrés Agudelo

doi:10.1093/ofid/ofab458

Acute Q Fever With Dermatologic Manifestations, Molecular Diagnosis, and No Seroconversion

Open Forum Infect Dis. 2021 Sep 6;8(10):ofab458. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofab458. eCollection 2021 Oct.

Authors

Natalí Uribe Pulido¹, Clara Escorcia García¹, Ruth Cabrera Orrego², Lina Andrea Gutiérrez², Carlos Andrés Agudelo^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia.
² Grupo Biología de Sistemas, Escuela de Ciencias de la Salud, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia.
³ Clínica Universitaria Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia.
⁴ Escuela de Ciencias de la Salud, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia.

Abstract

We herein described a case of acute infection by Coxiella burnetii (acute Q fever) that started with a short incubation period and showed prominent dermatological manifestations and unusual serological behavior. The infection was confirmed by molecular detection through real-time polymerase chain reaction using genomic DNA collected from peripheral blood.

Keywords: Coxiella burnetii; acute Q fever; dermatologic manifestations; molecular diagnosis; seroconversion.

Publication types

Case Reports