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Neurological Findings in Q Fever Seropositivity

Q Ateşi Seropozitifliğinde Nörolojik Bulgular

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504–517
Publication Date
2022-10-17
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Considering q fever in patients with neurological involvement in endemic regions and evaluating early treatment and serological indicators can be lifesaving.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Introduction: Q fever is a zoonotic disease with high morbidity and low mortality with multisystemic involvement.
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Key Findings & Data:The disease is known to be asymptomatic in the acute and may result in mortality with complications in the chronic phase. 26 Q fever cases with neurological involvement were examined demographically.
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Conclusion & Impact:Considering q fever in patients with neurological involvement in endemic regions and evaluating early treatment and serological indicators can be lifesaving.
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Introduction: Q fever is a zoonotic disease with high morbidity and low mortality with multisystemic involvement. It is transmitted to humans through inhalation and gastrointestinal system. The disease is known to be asymptomatic in the acute and may result in mortality with complications in the chronic phase. 26 Q fever cases with neurological involvement were examined demographically. Materials and Methods: Q fever cases we have observed in the last five years were evaluated retrospectively in terms of neurological involvement. The diagnosis of the patients was made clinically and radiologically according to the serological indicators. The diagnosis was decided according to clinic and blood seropositivity. The process of acute and chronic identification was made according to the complaints, increased titration in phase II and phase I antibody positivity. The cases with neurological complaints were included in the study. Cases with neurological symptoms related to other causes were excluded from the study. Results: Out of 26 patients, 21 were male and 5 were female, and their mean age was 56.38 ± 16.93 and 41.20 ± 30.57, respectively. 22 patients had definite acute, 3 patients had possible, and 1 patient had chronic diagnosis. Two patients were mortal in acute fatal encephalitis. Despite one of our cases was in the encephalitis picture, he died in intensive care unit due to the lower respiratory tract infection. A total of 23 cases responded well to antibiotic therapy. Doxycycline, ciprofloxacin, and ceftriaxone were used in the treatment of patients. While improvement was observed in all patients using doxycycline, mortality was observed in two of the late diagnoses due to atypical neurological involvement. Conclusion: It is known that Q fever is a zoonotic disease that has been overlooked in recent years. Considering q fever in patients with neurological involvement in endemic regions and evaluating early treatment and serological indicators can be lifesaving.

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Giriş: Q ateşi morbiditesi yüksek, mortalitesi düşük, multisistemik tutulum ile seyreden bir zoonotik hastalıktır. Genelde insanlara inhalasyon ve gastrointestinal yol ile bulaşır. Hastalığın akut safhada çoğunlukla asemptomatik, kronik fazda gelişen komplikasyonlarla mortal seyrettiği bilinmektedir. Kliniğimizde seropozitif 26 Q ateşi olgusu demografik olarak irdelendi. Materyal ve Metod: Son beş yıl içerisinde izlenilen seropozitif Q ateşi olguları nörolojik tutulumları açısından retrospektif olarak değerlendirildi. Hastaların tanısı serolojik göstergeler ile klinik ve radyolojik olarak konuldu. Tanımlama klinik ve kanda seropozitiflik durumuna göre yapıldı. Akut ve kronik tanımlama hastaların şikayetlerinin süreci, faz II ve faz I antikor pozitifliğindeki titrasyon artışı ile yapıldı. Olgular değerlendirilirken nörolojik yakınmaları olanlar çalışmaya dahil edildi. Nörolojik semptomları başka bir nedene bağlı olan olgular çalışma dışı bırakıldı. Bulgular: Nörolojik yakınması olan toplam 26 olgunun 21’i erkek 5’i kadındı ve yaş ortalamaları sırasıyla 56.38 ± 16.93 ve 41.20 ± 30.57 idi. 22 hastanın kesin akut, 3 hastanın olası ve 1 hastanın kronik teşhisi bulunmaktaydı. İki hasta fatal ensefalit tablosunda mortal seyretti. Bir olguda ensefalit tablosunda gelişmesine rağmen gelişen alt solunum yolu infeksiyonu nedeni ile yoğun bakımda eksitus gerçekleşmiştir. Toplam 23 olgu antibiyotik tedavisine iyi cevap verdi. Olguların tedavilerinde doksisiklin, siprofloksasin ve seftriakson kullanıldı. Doksisiklin kullanılan tüm hastalarda iyileşme izlenirken tanısında geç kalınan olguların ikisinde atipik nörolojik tutulum nedeni ile mortalite görüldü. Sonuç: Q ateşinin son yıllarda gözden kaçan bir zoonotik hastalık olduğu bilinmektedir. Endemik bölgelerde nörolojik tutulum olgularında Q ateşi düşünülmesi ve erken tedavi ile serolojik göstergelerin değerlendirilmesi hayat kurtarıcı olabilir.

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TÜRKOĞLU, Ş. A., SIRMATEL, F., KILIÇ, S., ÖZARSLAN, T. O., BÜCÜK, P. (2022). Neurological Findings in Q Fever Seropositivity. Flora İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Dergisi, Cilt: 26 - Sayı: 3, 504–517. https://ajindex.com/articles/517095

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