Successful management of chronic multifocal Q fever Osteomyelitis with adjuvant interferon-gamma therapy |
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Authors: | Neth Olaf Werner Falcon Dolores Peromingo Estrella Soledad Camacho Maria Rodríguez-Gallego Carlos Obando Ignacio |
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Institution: | Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario Infantil Virgen del Rocio, Sevilla, Spain. |
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Abstract: | We present a 3-year-old girl who had chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis caused by Coxiella burnetii despite long-term dual antibiotic therapy. Excellent clinical response was achieved and sustained when immunomodulatory therapy with interferon-γ was initiated. This is the case of a first child who was successfully treated with interferon-γ as adjuvant therapy for chronic multifocal Q fever osteomyelitis. |
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