Epidemiological, clinical and laboratory features of acute Q fever in a cohort of hospitalized patients in a regional hospital, Israel, 2012-2018.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Acute Q fever is endemic in Israel, yet the clinical and laboratory picture is poorly defined.

Methods

A retrospective study reviewing the medical records of acute Q fever patients, conducted in a single hospital in the Sharon district, Israel. Serum samples from suspected cases were preliminary tested by a qualitative enzyme immunoassay (EIA). Confirmatory testing at the reference laboratory used an indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA). Positive cases were defined as fever with at least one other symptom and accepted laboratory criteria such as a single-phase II immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibody titer ≥1:200. Cases not fulfilling these criteria and in which acute Q fever was excluded, served as a control group.

Results

Between January 2012 and May 2018,

SUBMITTER: Finn T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8315502 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature