Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

Q Fever in Spain: Acute and Chronic Cases, 1981-1985

1988; Oxford University Press; Volume: 10; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/clinids/10.1.198

1537-6591

A. Téllez, Cristina Sainz, Carlos Echevarria, Solans Carlos, María Victoria Bielsa Fernández, P. León, R Brezina,

Microbial infections and disease research

Two hundred forty-nine cases of Q fever were documented at the laboratories of the Centro Nacional de Microbiologia, Virologia e Inmunologia Sanitarias (CNMVIS) during the 5-year period 1981–1985. Two hundred thirty-four cases corresponded to acute infections, mostly sporadic but including two epidemics. The clinical presentation was respiratory in 74% of the cases and febrile in 18%. Fifteen cases, all but one of which were endocarditis, were categorized as chronic. The cases studied were referred from almost every region of Spain. The clinical and epidemiologic analyses and the number of cases reported permit only an approximation of the true incidence and characteristics of Q fever in Spain.