Coxiella burnetii and acute exacerbations/infections in patients with chronic lung disease

Authors: OKIMOTO, Niro; KIBAYASHI, Takashi; MIMURA, Kimihiro; YAMATO, Kenji; KURIHARA, Takeyuki; HONDA, Yoshihiro; OSAKI, Kohichi; ASAOKA, Naoko; OHBA, Hideo

Source: Respirology, Volume 12, Number 4, July 2007 , pp. 619-621(3)

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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Abstract:

Coxiella burnetii and acute exacerbations/infections in patients with chronic lung disease

OKIMOTO N, KIBAYASHI T, MIMURA K, YAMATO K, KURIHARA T, HONDA Y, OSAKI K, ASAOKA N, OHBA H. Respirology 2007; 12: 619-621

The aim of the present study was to determine the incidence of Q fever in patients with an acute exacerbation of a chronic lower respiratory tract infection. Eighty patients treated for acute exacerbation of chronic lower respiratory tract infections during a 30-month period were studied. Q fever was diagnosed by ELISA. Two elderly woman with pre-existing bronchiectasis (2.5%) were diagnosed as having an acute infection by Coxiella burnetii. The acute illness was considered to be a result of mixed infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Haemophilus influenzae with C. burnetii. Co-infection with C. burnetii can occur during a bacterial exacerbation of a chronic lower respiratory tract infection.

Keywords: chronic lung disease; Coxiella burnetii; Q fever

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1843.2007.01096.x

Publication date: 2007-07-01