Doxycycline desensitization in chronic Q fever—A critical tool for the clinician

We present the case of a 45 year old woman with acute Q fever pneumonia who progressed to the chronic phase of the disease despite azithromycin therapy. A trial of doxycycline was halted because of severe allergy and she was put on clarithromycin and later moxifloxacin. Failure of both drugs require...

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Main Authors: Aila Luise Caplunik-Pratsch, Israel Potasman, Aharon Kessel, Alona Paz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-01-01
Series:IDCases
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250917302366

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