1/1. q fever pneumonia associated with exposure to wild rabbits.4 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.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = wild (Clic here for more details about this article) |