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Document Details : Title: Q fever after a journey in Syria: a diagnosis suggested by bone marrow biopsy Author(s): BOTTIEAU E, DE RAEVE H, COLEBUNDERS R, VAN DEN ENDE J, VERVOORT T, VAN MARCK E Journal: Acta Clinica Belgica Volume: 55 Issue: 1 Date: 2000 Pages: 30-33 DOI: 10.2143/ACB.55.1.1002880 Abstract : A Belgian patient developed Q fever after a journey in Syria. Coxiella burnetii infection was diagnosed because of the presence of granulomas with a central vacuole in a bone marrow biopsy. During doxycycline treatment all his symptoms disappeared. |