Diagnosis and management of Q fever--United States, 2013: recommendations from CDC and the Q Fever Working Group.

This report provides the first national recommendations issued by CDC for Q fever recognition, clinical and laboratory diagnosis, treatment, management, and reporting for health-care personnel and public health professionals. The guidelines address treatment of acute and chronic phases of Q fever illness in children, adults, and pregnant women, as well as management of occupational exposures. These recommendations will be reviewed approximately every 5 years and updated to include new published evidence. PMID: 23535757 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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Source: MMWR Recomm Rep - March 29, 2013 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Anderson A, Bijlmer H, Fournier PE, Graves S, Hartzell J, Kersh GJ, Limonard G, Marrie TJ, Massung RF, McQuiston JH, Nicholson WL, Paddock CD, Sexton DJ Tags: MMWR Recomm Rep Source Type: research