Q Fever in Children

Importance of Q Fever in Community Acquired Pneumonia

“…The literature suggests that the clinical manifestations of Q fever vary with age (3,5,(16)(17)(18), strain of organism (13,19,21), presence of immunosuppression (20)(21)(22)(23), density of inoculum (4,5) and route of infection (12,24). Our previously reported human cases (2) were similar to those reported in Ontario (25), with a febrile syndrome and abnormal liver tests, but rarely manifesting respiratory symptoms.…”

Q fever pneumonia in children in Japan

“…This could be explained by the fact that childhood infection may take a symptomless course and be discovered only by serological tests becoming positive (1). Q fever in children was reported by Richard et al (18 cases) (19), Ruiz-Contreras et al (13 cases) (19), and Jorm et al (10).…”

Estimation of acute and chronic Q fever incidence in children during a three-year outbreak in the Netherlands and a comparison with international literature

“…However, clinical presentations in the areas with highest risk showed no complications in any child [ 2 ]. In reported children, respiratory tract infections were predominant whereas in the medical literature children frequently only present with fever, headache or gastrointestinal symptoms (vomiting, abdominal pain, anorexia and/or diarrhoea) [ 46 , 53 , 54 ]. Also Wielders et al found in adults that Q fever presented mainly with fever, cough and dyspnoea, in contrast to data from France and Southern Spain were hepatitis dominated [ 55 ].…”