Immunologic phenomena can complicate chronic infections with Coxiella burnetii (Q fever), including immune complex deposition causing vasculitis, neuropathy, and glomerulonephritis. We describe the case of a man with Q fever endocarditis, mixed cryoglobulinemia, and life-threatening vasculitis driven by immune complex deposition who was successfully treated with B cell depleting therapy (rituximab).
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【저자키워드】 rituximab, Endocarditis, cryoglobulinemia, Q fever,
【저자키워드】 rituximab, Endocarditis, cryoglobulinemia, Q fever,