Occupational exposure to Coxiella burnetii during cardiac surgery : A case report and review of the literature
We report a case of exposure to Coxiella burnetii in a surgical nurse who underwent an injury of her finger with a scalpel blade during a native aortic valve replacement with a bio-prosthetic cardiac valve conducted on a patient suffering from C. burnetii aortic endocarditis. Given the positivity of C. burnetii culture and PCR from the patient's aortic valve, she was prescribed prophylactic doxycycline 100 mg twice a day for 10 days. Q fever is an occupational zoonosis resulting usually of exposure to infected animals by inhalation of infected aerosols or consumption of contaminated raw milk. Apart from materno-foetal transmission, about 180 cases of human-to-human C. burnetii transmission have been published from 1949 to today, including transmission by blood transfusion, sexual relations, transmission in the healthcare setting to staff, patient attendants and other patients that were likely infected from inhalation of aerosol from respiratory or placental products, transmission to staff during autopsies of patients with Q fever and transmission in familial settings. As C. burnetii is a highly infectious bacterium, that may cause infection with a low inoculum, it should be added to the list of organisms which may be of concern following blood exposure among healthcare professionals.
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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:71 |
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Acta microbiologica et immunologica Hungarica - 71(2024), 1 vom: 26. März, Seite 76-81 |
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Englisch |
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Diwunga, Patient [VerfasserIn] |
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Date Completed 27.03.2024 Date Revised 27.03.2024 published: Electronic-Print Citation Status MEDLINE |
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