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A case of chronic Q fever complicated with renal insufficiency
Received date: 2025-11-11
Revised date: 2026-01-26
Accepted date: 2026-02-10
Online published: 2026-06-15
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Chronic Q fever is caused by Coxiella burnetii infection. There are few clinical cases of chronic Q fever, and cases complicated with renal insufficiency are even more rarely reported. At present, there are few reports about this disease both domestically and internationally, and its clinical characteristics and pathogenesis remain unclear. This article reports a case of a chronic Q fever patient with clinical manifestations of nephrotic syndrome and impaired renal function, whose renal biopsy revealed membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis. After treatment with glucocorticoid, cyclophosphamide, hydroxychloroquine combined with doxycycline, the patient’s renal function improved.
LI Yilin , ZHANG Chunli , SHEN Pingyan , XU Jing , HU Xiaofan , LI Ya . A case of chronic Q fever complicated with renal insufficiency[J]. Journal of Internal Medicine Concepts & Practice, 2026 , 21(02) : 167 -170 . DOI: 10.16138/j.1673-6087.2026.02.10
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