Acute Q Fever Patients Requiring Intensive Care Unit Support in Tropical Australia, 2015-2023.

ABSTRACT: Acute Q fever is classically described as a mild illness. We report 9 patients with acute Q fever in Queensland, Australia, who required intensive care unit support to survive. Clinicians should consider an acute Q fever diagnosis and its empirical treatment in critically ill persons in the appropriate clinical context.

SUBMITTER: Price C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11845150 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature