Neurological involvement in Q Fever is unusual. We present a case of encephalitis due to Coxiella Burnetii with neuroradiologic findings on CT not described previously, consisting in areas of decreased absorption coefficient in the subcortical white matter of both hemispheres, predominantly in the r
Q fever encephalitis
โ Scribed by D.A. Cameron; A.R. Freedman; M.H. Wansbrough-Jones
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 239 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0163-4453
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