Acute Q fever infection in Thuringia, Germany, after burial of roe deer fawn cadavers (Capreolus capreolus): a case report. (November 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Schleenvoigt, B.T.; Sprague, L.D.; Mertens, K.; Moog, U.; Schmoock, G.; Wolf, G.; Neumann, M.; Pletz, M.W.; Neubauer, H.
• Is Part Of: New microbes and new infections. Volume 8(2015)
• Page Start: 19
• Page End: 20
• Publication Date: 2015-11
• Subjects: Ciprofloxacin -- Coxiella burnetii -- natural reservoir -- pneumonia -- soil; Medical microbiology -- Periodicals; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; Infection -- Periodicals; Microbiology -- Periodicals; Communicable Diseases -- Periodicals; Infection -- Periodicals; 616.9041
• DOI: 10.1016/j.nmni.2015.09.006
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2052-2975

Abstract

Abstract: We report on a case of a 48-year-old man who presented with acute Q fever infection after burying two fawn cadavers ( Capreolus capreolus ). Recent outbreaks of Q fever in Europe have been traced back to intensive goat breeding units, sheep flocks in the proximity of highly populated urban areas or to farmed deer. To our knowledge, this is the first case report describing Q fever infection in a human linked to roe deer as a source of infection.