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Falkenhain‐López D, Alonso‐Carrillo J, Verdejo MA, Rodríguez‐Peralto JL, Calleja‐Algarra A, Zarco‐Olivo C. Urticarial vasculitis with positive skin polymerase chain reaction for
Coxiella burnetii
: an unusual manifestation of Q fever. Int J Dermatol 2022; 61:e450-e452. [DOI: 10.1111/ijd.16075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2021] [Revised: 10/16/2021] [Accepted: 12/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
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- Internal Medicine Department of the Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre Madrid Spain
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- Internal Medicine Department of the Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre Madrid Spain
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- Dermatology Department of the Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre Madrid Spain
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Shepard Z, Skorupa T, Espinoza L, Erlandson K, Damioli L. Coxiella burnetii Infection Associated With Thromboangiitis Obliterans-like Phenomena With Digital Autoamputation: A Case Report and Review of Q Fever-Associated Autoimmunity. Open Forum Infect Dis 2022; 9:ofab637. [PMID: 35028337 PMCID: PMC8753030 DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofab637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2021] [Accepted: 12/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
We present a case of a patient with chronic Q fever who presented with digital necrosis, autoamputations, and positive anticentromere antibody, mimicking a scleroderma vasculopathy or thromboangiitis obliterans. Coxiella burnetii infection has long been associated with the presence of autoantibodies and autoimmune phenomena including vasculitis. Clinicians should consider Q fever testing in patients with new-onset autoimmune diseases or autoantibodies and appropriate exposure histories.
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Affiliation(s)
- Zachary Shepard
- Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, Colorado, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, Colorado, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, Colorado, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, Colorado, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, Colorado, USA
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Beydon M, Rodriguez C, Karras A, Cez A, Rafat C, Jourde-Chiche N, Fain O, Philipponnet C, Puéchal X, Dossier A, Dupin N, Levy D, Aureau I, Guillevin L, Terrier B. Bartonella and Coxiella infections presenting as systemic vasculitis: case series and review of literature. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2021; 61:2609-2618. [PMID: 34500468 DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keab691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2021] [Revised: 09/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
OBJECTIVES Coxiella and Bartonella sp. display particular tropism for endothelial or endocardial tissues and an abnormal host response to infections with induced autoimmunity. We aimed, through a case series combined with a comprehensive literature review, to outline characteristics of Coxiella and Bartonella infections presenting as systemic vasculitis. METHODS We retrospectively included cases of definite Coxiella and Bartonella infections presenting with vasculitis features and performed a comprehensive literature review. RESULTS Six cases of Bartonella infections were added to 18 cases from literature review. Causative pathogens were mainly B. henselae. Bartonella infection mimicked anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)-associated vasculitis in 83% with PR3-ANCA and presented as cryoglobulinemic vasculitis in 8%. Glomerulonephritis was present in 92%, and 88% had endocarditis. Complement fractions were low in 82% and rheumatoid factor positive in 85%. Kidney biopsies showed cell proliferation, mostly crescentic, with pauci-immune glomerulonephritis in 29%. Outcome was favorable, with the use of antibiotics alone in one third. Five cases of Coxiella infections were added to 16 from literature review. Sixteen had small-vessel vasculitides, mainly cryoglobulinemia vasculitis in 75%. One patient had polyarteritis nodosa-like vasculitis and four large-vessel vasculitis. Outcome was good except for one death. A highly sensitive next generation sequencing analysis on 3 Coxiella and 2 Bartonella-related vasculitides biopsies did not find any bacterial DNA. CONCLUSION Coxiella and Bartonella are both able to induce vasculitis but display distinct vasculitis features. Bartonella mimics PR3-ANCA-associated vasculitis in the setting of endocarditis, whereas Coxiella may induce vasculitis involving all vessel sizes.
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- Maxime Beydon
- Département de Médecine Interne, Centre de Référence National pour les maladies auto-immunes systémiques rares, Hôpital Cochin, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Departement de Virologie, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Université Paris-Est, Créteil, France
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- Unité de Néphrologie, Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France.,Université de Paris, Paris, F-75006, France
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- Service de néphrologie et dialyse, Hôpital Tenon (AP-HP), Paris, France
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- Service des urgences Néphrologiques et Transplantation rénale, Assistance Publique-Hôpital de Paris, Paris, France
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- Aix-Marseille Univ, C2VN, INSERM, INRAE, Centre de Néphrologie et de Transplantation Rénale, Hôpital de la Conception AP-HM, Marseille, France
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- Département de Médecine interne, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Département de néphrologie et de dialyse CHU Clermont Ferrand, Clermont Ferrand, France
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- Département de Médecine Interne, Centre de Référence National pour les maladies auto-immunes systémiques rares, Hôpital Cochin, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Service de médecine interne, Hôpital Bichat, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Département de Dermatologie, Hôpital Cochin, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Service de rhumatologie, CHU Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Service de médecine interne, Centre Hospitalier de Pau, Pau, France
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- Département de Médecine Interne, Centre de Référence National pour les maladies auto-immunes systémiques rares, Hôpital Cochin, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Département de Médecine Interne, Centre de Référence National pour les maladies auto-immunes systémiques rares, Hôpital Cochin, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France.,Université de Paris, Paris, F-75006, France
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