Q Fever (Query Fever) - Treatment
Treatment
Doxycycline is the most effective drug for Q Fever. The drug cotrimoxazole during pregnancy may cut down the risk of unfavorable outcomes of Q Fever.
Acute Q Fever can easily be treated with antibiotics. Doxycycline is the most efficient antimicrobial for Q Fever (a dose of 100 mg of doxycycline taken orally twice daily for 15–21 days). Alternative to Doxycycline are Quinolone antibiotics.
Chronic Q Fever endocarditis is much more difficult to treat. It requires a combination of drugs like: doxycycline in combination with quinolones, doxycycline in combination with hydroxychloroquine.
Surgery may be required in severe valve involvements. Patients with hepatitis may only improve when given a short course of glucocorticoids. The drug cotrimoxazole during the entire pregnancy may cut down the risk of unfavourable outcomes of Q Fever.
References:
- Cecil Medicine, 23rd ed.
- Harrison's PRINCIPLES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, Seventeenth Edition.
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