Abstract
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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Publication details
- DOI
- 10.5001/omj.2020.121
- Journal
- Oman Medical Journal
- Publisher
- Oman Medical Specialty Board
- Open access
- Gold open access
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APA 7
AlAraimi, H. A., Al Alawi, K., Al-Jardani, A. K., Paul, G., Al-Sukaiti, N., Al-Farqani, A., & Al-Maani, A. S. (2020). Chronic Q Fever Endocarditis in an Omani Child: The First Pediatric Case Report from Oman. Oman Medical Journal. https://doi.org/10.5001/omj.2020.121
MLA 9
AlAraimi, Hanaa A., et al. "Chronic Q Fever Endocarditis in an Omani Child: The First Pediatric Case Report from Oman." Oman Medical Journal, 2020. https://doi.org/10.5001/omj.2020.121.
Chicago (author–date)
AlAraimi, Hanaa A., Khalid Al Alawi, Amina K. Al-Jardani, George Paul, Nashat Al-Sukaiti, Abdullah Al-Farqani, and Amal S. Al-Maani. 2020. "Chronic Q Fever Endocarditis in an Omani Child: The First Pediatric Case Report from Oman." Oman Medical Journal. https://doi.org/10.5001/omj.2020.121.
Harvard
AlAraimi, H. A., Al Alawi, K., Al-Jardani, A. K., Paul, G., Al-Sukaiti, N., Al-Farqani, A. and Al-Maani, A. S. (2020) 'Chronic Q Fever Endocarditis in an Omani Child: The First Pediatric Case Report from Oman', Oman Medical Journal. doi:10.5001/omj.2020.121.
Vancouver
AlAraimi HA, Al Alawi K, Al-Jardani AK, Paul G, Al-Sukaiti N, Al-Farqani A, et al. Chronic Q Fever Endocarditis in an Omani Child: The First Pediatric Case Report from Oman. Oman Medical Journal. 2020. doi:10.5001/omj.2020.121
IEEE
H. A. AlAraimi, K. Al Alawi, A. K. Al-Jardani, G. Paul, N. Al-Sukaiti, A. Al-Farqani, and A. S. Al-Maani, "Chronic Q Fever Endocarditis in an Omani Child: The First Pediatric Case Report from Oman," Oman Medical Journal, 2020, doi: 10.5001/omj.2020.121.