Intractable Q fever treated with recombinant gamma interferon

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2001 May;20(5):546-7. doi: 10.1097/00006454-200105000-00018.

Abstract

A 3-year-old boy with Q fever received several kinds of antibiotics including minocycline, but spiking fever and positive PCR of Coxiella burnetii continued for several months. He became asymptomatic and his abnormal laboratory data normalized after the administration of gamma interferon three times a week.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child, Preschool
  • Humans
  • Interferon-gamma / administration & dosage
  • Interferon-gamma / therapeutic use*
  • Male
  • Q Fever / drug therapy*
  • Q Fever / physiopathology

Substances

  • Interferon-gamma