Management of labor and infection control practices in a Q fever-infected patient

We present a case of a 30-year-old patient who was diagnosed with Q fever at about 26 weeks of pregnancy (). She was partially treated with cotrimoxazole for 2 weeks, but therapy was discontinued because she developed a drug allergy and refused further antibiotic treatment.

Source: Clinical Microbiology Newsletter - September 27, 2013 Category: Microbiology Authors: Murugesh Jagadeesan, Shrikant Ambalkar, Michael Collins, Shanti Chidambaram, Diane Simpson, Lisa Bree Source Type: news