Acute Q fever pneumonia: high-resolution computed tomographic findings in six patients

Objective: To describe the main tomographic findings in patients with acute Q fever pneumonia. Methods: We analyzed high-resolution CT (HRCT) findings from six male patients (mean age, 22.6 years) with confirmed diagnoses of acute Q fever. Two chest radiologists analyzed the images and reached decisions by consensus. All patients presented fever, myalgia, prostation, headache, and dry cough. They also had common epidemiologic factors (recent...