An Unusual Manifestation of Q Fever: Peritonitis

• Main Authors: Gülden Yılmaz (Author), Bengi Öztürk (Author), Osman Memikoğlu (Author), Belgin Coşkun (Author), Aysun Yalçı (Author), Özge Metin (Author), Hatice Ünal (Author), Halil Kurt (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2015-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Q fever has rarely been reported and can be difficult to diagnose, especially in immunocompromised patients. In the present report, we describe an unusual case of Q fever that presented as peritonitis and was treated with long-term combination therapy with doxycycline, ciprofloxacin and rif...