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Chronic Q fever endocarditis in an Omani child : the first pediatric case report from Oman.

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DOI 10.5001/omj.2020.122
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Oman Medical Specialty Board.
Gregorian
2020-09
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English
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Q fever endocarditis is the most common presentation of chronic infection of Coxiella burnetii, but it rarely occurs in the pediatric age group. We report the first case of Q fever endocarditis in an Omani child. The affected 11-year-old female lives in the Al Batinah governorate in the north of Oman and was known to have congenital heart disease. She presented with features of chronic blood culture-negative endocarditis. The C. burnetii infection was confirmed with the indirect immunofluorescence assay. The patient responded well to a combination of doxycycline and hydroxychloroquine therapy.
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Al-Araimiyah, Hanaa A., Al-Alawi, Khalid, Al-Jardaniyah, Amina K., Paul, George, Al-Sukaiti, Nashat, Al-Farqani, Abdullah, & Al-Maaniyah, Amal S. (2020). Chronic Q fever endocarditis in an Omani child : the first pediatric case report from Oman. Oman Medi
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