CLINICAL ASPECTS OF Q FEVER IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; A STUDY OF 80 HOSPITALIZED CASES

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Article1 March 1949CLINICAL ASPECTS OF Q FEVER IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; A STUDY OF 80 HOSPITALIZED CASESROSS B. DENLINGER, M.D.ROSS B. DENLINGER, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-30-3-510 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptQ fever was first recognized in this area by Dr. Frank Young of Artesia, Los Angeles County, in May 1947. Subsequently over 300 cases of Q fever have been diagnosed and confirmed by serologic tests in Southern California.1 This was the first time this disease had been diagnosed in the general population anywhere in the United States.Two previous naturally occurring outbreaks of Q fever were known to have taken place in the United States. Both of these were of explosive onset and were limited to persons handling cattle enroute to or during slaughter. The first of these outbreaks occurred...Bibliography1. BECKBELLSHAWHUEBNER MDJAERJ: Q fever in Southern California. II. An epidemiological study of 300 cases. To be published. Google Scholar2. IRONSHOOPER JVJM: Q fever in the United States: Clinical data on an outbreak among stock handlers and slaughterhouse workers, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1947, cxxxiii, 815-818. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. SHEPARD CC: An outbreak of Q fever in a Chicago packing house, Am. Jr. Hyg., 1947, xliv, 185-192. Google Scholar4. HUEBNERJELLISONBECKPARKERSHEPARD RJWLMDRRCC: Q fever studies in Southern California. 1. Recovery of Rickettsia burneti from raw milk, Pub. Health Rep., 1948, lxiii, 214-222. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. DERRICK EH: Q fever. New fever entity. Clinical features, diagnosis, and laboratory investigation, Med. Jr. Australia, 1937, ii, 281-299. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. FEINSTEINYESNERMARKS MRJ: Epidemics of Q fever among troops returning from Italy in the spring of 1945. Clinical aspects of the epidemic at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia, Am. Jr. Hyg., 1946, xliv, 72-87. Google Scholar7. CALDERSTEENBAKER RMCL: Blood studies in brucellosis, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1939, cxii, 1893-1898. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. HUEBNERHATTLEROBINSON RJGAEB: Action of streptomycin in experimental infection with Q fever, Pub. Health Rep., 1948, lxiii, 357-362. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. HUEBNERCOX RJHR: Unpublished data. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Long Beach, California*Received for publication November 9, 1948.From Los Angeles County Hospital and the School of Medicine, Department of Bacteriology and Parasitology, University of Southern California. Aided by a grant from the California State Department of Public Health. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byPrevalence of Coxiella burnetii Infections Among North Dakota Sheep ProducersNeumonia por fiebre Q en españaGranulomatous hepatitis in Q feverQ-FieberQ-FieberPathological, rickettsiological and immuno-fluorescence studies of a case of Q fever endocarditisLIVER INVOLVEMENT IN "Q" FEVERQ FEVER: REPORT OF A CASE SIMULATING LYMPHOMA*HAROLD S. RAMOS, ROBERT E. HODGES, WILLIAM H. MERONEYDie PneumonienDas Q-FieberTREATMENT OF Q FEVER WITH ANTIBIOTICS 1 March 1949Volume 30, Issue 3Page: 510-527KeywordsBacteriologyHospital medicineParasitologyPrevention, policy, and public healthQ fever ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 March 1949 PDF downloadLoading ...