Q FEVER: REPORT OF A CASE SIMULATING LYMPHOMA
Authors: Harold S. Ramos, Robert E. Hodges, William H. Meroney
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1957)

Case Reports1 November 1957Q FEVER: REPORT OF A CASE SIMULATING LYMPHOMAHAROLD S. RAMOS, ROBERT E. HODGES, WILLIAM H. MERONEYHAROLD S. RAMOS, ROBERT E. HODGES, WILLIAM H. MERONEYAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-47-5-1030 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptDerrick1in 1937 reported nine cases of a new clinical entity in Queensland, Australia, which he designated as "Q fever." Burnet2isolated the etiologic agent in these cases and correctly identified it as a rickettsia. Until recently, most physicians have considered this disease little more than a medical curiosity, and one of importance only in Australia and in the western areas of the United States. It has become increasingly apparent that this is a widespread disease entity found in many sections of the United States and most countries of the world.3Many cases of Q fever are unrecognized because of...Bibliography1. Derrick EH: "Q" fever, a new fever entity; clinical features, diagnosis, and laboratory investigations, M. J. Australia 2: 281, 1937. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. BurnetFreeman FMM: Experimental studies on the virus of "Q" fever, M. J. Australia 2: 299, 1937. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. BergeLennette TOEH: World distribution of Q fever: human, animal, and arthropod infection, Am. J. Hyg. 57: 125, 1953. MedlineGoogle Scholar4. Marmion BP: Q fever: natural history and epidemiology of Q fever in man, Tr. Roy. Soc. Trop. Med. and Hyg. 48: 197, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. ClarkLennetteRomer WHEHMS: Q fever in California. XI. An epidemiological summary of 350 cases occurring in Northern California during 1948-1949, Am. J. Hyg. 54: 319, 1951. MedlineGoogle Scholar6. Denlinger RB: Clinical aspects of Q fever in Southern California: a study of eighty hospitalized cases, Ann. Int. Med. 30: 510, 1949. LinkGoogle Scholar7. Dyer RE: Clinical aspects of Q fever, Postgrad. Med. 2: 392, 1952. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. Fellers FX: An outbreak of Q fever, U. S. Armed Forces M. J. 3: 287, 1952. MedlineGoogle Scholar9. Stoker MG: Q fever: clinical features and laboratory diagnosis, Tr. Roy. Soc. Trop. Med. and Hyg. 48: 191, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar10. JacobsonDenlingerCarter GRBRA: Roentgen manifestations of Q fever, Radiology 53: 739, 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar11. Freygang F: Klinische, epidemiologische, und serologische Beobachtungen bei Q Fieber 1948-1949 in Nord-Wurttenberg, Deutsche med. Wchnschr. 74: 1457, 1949. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. HuebnerJellisonBeck RJWLMD: Q fever—a review of current knowledge, Ann. Int. Med. 30: 495, 1949. LinkGoogle Scholar13. GermerSchauber WDW: Q-fieber-meningitis in einem endemisch verseuchten Gebiet, Deutsche med. Wchnschr. 78: 1209, 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar14. OrmsbeeParkerPickens RAHEG: The comparative effectiveness of Aureomycin, Terramycin, chloramphenicol, erythromycin, and thiocymetin in suppressing experimental rickettsial infections in chick embryos, J. Infect. Dis. 96: 162, 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar15. Frascarelli R: La febbre Q in Umbria: osservazioni cliniche su 51 casi con particolare riferimento al periodo di incubazione, alla funzionalita, epatica, agli anticorpi devianti il complemento ed alla precedente terapia con antibiotici, Riforma med. 66: 197, 1952. MedlineGoogle Scholar16. Giunchi G: La cura della febbre Q con la terramicina, Minerva med. 42: 833, 1951. MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Washington, D. C.*Received for publication June 11, 1956.From the Section of Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Walter Reed Army Hospital, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D. C.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Harold S. Ramos, Captain (MC), U.S.A.F., Walter Reed Army Hospital, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington 12, D. C. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byChronic Q Fever Infection Mimicking Hematological MalignancyFrom Q Fever to Coxiella burnetii Infection: a Paradigm ChangeCoxiella burnetii (Q Fever)Coxiella burnetii (Q Fever)Diagnosis of Q FeverQ fever—a review and issues for the next centuryQ FEVER PNEUMONIA ASSOCIATED WITH EXPOSURE TO WILD RABBITSAn Inflammatory Pseudotumor of the Lung in Q Fever PneumoniaQ Fever 1 November 1957Volume 47, Issue 5Page: 1030-1035KeywordsAnemiaHospital medicineInhalationInoculationLesionsLymphomaNauseaPulmonary diseasesQ feverRickettsia Issue Published: 1 November 1957 PDF downloadLoading ...