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Q fever   

Overview | Symptoms | Treatment | Prevention

Alternative names:

Query fever

Symptoms

Acute Q fever:

Chronic Q fever: prolonged fever, night sweats, chills, fatigue, shortness of breath.

Signs and Tests

The diagnosis of Q fever should be suspected in individuals with appropriate exposure histories who develop flu-like symptoms, pneumonia, hepatitis, or endocarditis. The mainstay for diagnosis of Q fever is a blood antibody test (serology) -- as it is very difficult to grow the causative bacteria in culture.

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