Q fever cholecystitis in an unvaccinated butcher diagnosed by gallbladder polymerase chain reaction

Authors

Mel Figtree, St. George Hospital
Spiros Miyakis, St. George HospitalFollow
John Stenos, Australian Rickettsial Reference Laboratory, Geelong
Stephen Graves, Australian Rickettsial Reference Laboratory, Geelong
Susan Botham, South Eastern Sydney And Illawarra Health
Mark Ferson, South Eastern Sydney And Illawarra Health
Steven Krilis, St. George Hospital

RIS ID

72233

Publication Details

Figtree, M., Miyakis, S., Stenos, J., Graves, S., Botham, S., Ferson, M. & Krilis, S. A. (2010). Q fever cholecystitis in an unvaccinated butcher diagnosed by gallbladder polymerase chain reaction. Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 10 (4), 421-423.

Abstract

Acalculous cholecystitis has been described in association with Q fever. We describe the first known case of Q fever cholecystitis diagnosed by polymerase chain reaction on gallbladder tissue. The presence of Coxiella burnetii genome in the diseased gallbladder tissue argues for direct involvement of the organism in the pathogenesis of Q fever cholecystitis.