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Chronic Q fever with mixed cryoglobulinaemia.

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A 47 year old woman presented with a six month history of vasculitic rash, splenomegaly, and cardiac murmurs. Investigations showed the presence of mixed cryoglobulinaemia and raised titres to Coxiella burnetii consistent with chronic Q fever infection. The patient was treated with tetracycline (1 g

Resolution of Q Fever-Associated Cryoglobulinemia With Anti-CD20 Monoclonal Antibody Treatment.

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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

[Mixed cryoglobulinemia secondary to Mediterranean boutonneuse fever].

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A clinical case of Mediterranean Boutonneuse Fever (MBF) with circulating cryoglobulins during the acute phase, with no clinical symptoms is described and considered an epiphenomenon of the infection. The possible relationship between the infection and the cryoglobulinemia are discussed. The patient

Mixed cryoglobulinemia associated with chronic Q-fever.

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A 41-year-old woman who presented with purpura, glomerulonephritis and mixed cryoglobulinemia was found subsequently to have developed chronic Q-fever. Since Q-fever is a frequent cause of culture negative endocarditis in some endemic areas, the diagnosis of Q-fever endocarditis should be considered

[CRYOGLOBULINEMIA AND ENDOCARDITIS AS A PRESENTATION OF COXIELLA BURNETII (Q-FEVER) INFECTION].

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An infection with Coxiella burnetii (Q FEVER) can be manifested as an autoimmune or rheumatologic disease as it was presented in our patient, showing cryoglobulinemia and massive destruction of the aortic valve. In the differential diagnosis we must consider an infection with Coxiella burnatii which

Cryoglobulinemia and other dysproteinemias, familial Mediterranean fever, and POEMS syndrome.

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The introduction of newer technology in the past few years, especially the use of second-generation enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays, recombinant immunoblot assays, reverse transcriptase, and DNA amplification, have clearly defined the role of hepatitis C virus as the most important etiologic

[Mixed cryoglobulinemia associated with Mediterranean boutonneuse fever].

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Resistant anaemia and mixed cryoglobulinaemia in a patient on haemodialysis in the context of Q fever.

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[Atypical onset cryoglobulinemia: case report].

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Cryoglobulinemia is a disease mediated by antibodies with the property to precipitate at temperatures below 37°C. It can be distinguished into a primitive form (also referred to as 'essential mixed cryoglobulinemia'), and a secondary form. In the essential mixed variant a key role is played by HCV

[Fibrosing alveolitis with hepatitis C-related cryoglobulinemia].

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METHODS A 56-year-old man presented with fever, myalgia and weakness of the limbs for four weeks. The physical examination showed a skin rash, hepatomegaly and reduced mobility of the limbs due to pain. METHODS Laboratory tests revealed an elevated rheumatoid factor, cryoglobulins and were positive

Mixed cryoglobulinemia and secondary membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis associated with ehrlichiosis.

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Ehrlichiosis is a tick-borne disease with diverse clinical presentations, ranging in severity from a flu-like illness with fever and myalgias to a serious systemic disease with multisystem organ failure. Nephrotic syndrome has been reported previously in two cases of human ehrlichiosis. A kidney

Proliferative glomerulonephritis revealing chronic Q fever.

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We describe the case of a 69-year-old male with a year-long history of renal failure. Investigation revealed proliferative glomerulonephritis, cryoglobulinemia, and Q fever endocarditis. Renal tissue examination for the presence of Coxiella burnetii was positive. The patient was treated by

[Mixed essential cryoglobulinemia. Report of five cases (author's transl)].

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Cryoglobulins are serum immunoglobulins which precipitate in the cold and redissolve on warming at 37 degrees C. According to its immunochemical composition three different types have been described. Cryoglobulins have been reported associated with hematologic disorders, systemic diseases,

Tubulointerstitial Nephritis Caused by Peritubular Capillaritis Accompanied by Cryoglobulinemia.

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A 73-year-old man with fever, renal insufficiency, and purpura was referred to our hospital to be evaluated for renal insufficiency. Renal biopsy revealed acute and chronic tubulointerstitial nephritis with no laboratory findings of sarcoidosis or connective tissue disease. Low C4 levels and

[Fever with normal sedimentation rate. 30 cases].

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Thirty patients (19 females, 11 males), with a mean age of 42 +/- 21 years, who presented a fever associated with a normal sedimentation rate prospectively studied. Mean fever duration at admission was 11 days (range: 1-90). Diagnosis included bacterial (12 cases) or viral (9 cases) infections,

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