• Lancet · Feb 1986

    Case Reports

    Q fever pneumonia associated with exposure to wild rabbits.

    • T J Marrie, W F Schlech, J C Williams, and L Yates.
    • Lancet. 1986 Feb 22; 1 (8478): 427429427-9.

    Abstract4 patients with atypical pneumonia and a history of exposure to wild rabbits were found to have antibodies to Coxiella burnetii but not to the other organisms also commonly associated with atypical pneumonia. 10 (45%) of 22 snowshoe hares caught in the area where 1 of the patients snared his rabbits had antibodies to Coxiella burnetii. Q fever ought to be included in the differential diagnosis of pneumonia acquired following exposure to wild rabbits.

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