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Q fever spondylitis: 2 cases report
Espondilodiscitis por fiebre Q. Descripción de 2 casos
Neus Muñoza,
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neus85@gmail.com

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, Bárbara Gonzálezb, Bernat Fontc
a Departamento de Medicina Interna, Corporació Hospital Parc Taulí de Sabadell, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain
b Departamento de Geriatría, Corporació Hospital Parc Taulí de Sabadell, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain
c Departamento d Enfermedades Infecciosas, Corporació Hospital Parc Taulí de Sabadell, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain
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After 4 years of evolution&#44; the patient presented clinical and radiological improvement&#46; Control MRI at year 2 shows improvement of edema from Th4 toTh10 predominant in Th5&#46;</p><p id="par0040" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Although spondylitis due to Q fever is a rare entity in our setting&#44; it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of infectious spondylitis&#46; In the bibliography&#44; there are only 20&#8211;30 reported cases&#46;</p><p id="par0045" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">And&#44; to a greater extent&#44; in patients with subacute forms of presentation&#44; where the pathological anatomy shows granulomatous lesions and the diagnosis of tuberculosis has not been verified&#46; The best methods of microbiological diagnosis are those that allow direct detection of the bacteria &#40;cell culture and polymerase chain reaction&#44; PCR&#41;&#46; Indirect immunofluorescence is very sensitive and specific&#46; These diagnostic methods should also be associated with antibody titers &#40;IgG and&#47;or IgM&#41;&#44; 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