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- Coxiella burnetii â obligate intracellular, spore-like resistance, bioterror Cat B
- Reservoir: å®¶ç (cattle, sheep, goats â birth fluids #1 infectious)
- Aerosol transmission (very infectious, 1 organism), not p2p
- Acute Q fever: æ¥ fever + severe headache + pneumonia + hepatitis (âdoughnut granulomaâ), 2 wk self-limit
- Chronic Q fever: culture-negative endocarditis (#1), vascular infection, QFS
- Risk for chronic: pre-existing valve, vascular graft, immunocompromise, pregnancy
- Dx: serology Phase I vs II (chronic Phase I > II); PCR for tissue
- Tx acute: doxy 100 bid à 14d
- Tx chronic: doxy + HCQ ⥠18 mo (valve), ⥠24 mo (vascular)
- Pregnancy acute: TMP-SMX Ã until delivery
- Pre-existing valve disease + chronic fever + culture-neg â consider Coxiella (and Bartonella, Brucella)