Q Fever is a zoonosis caused by Coxiella burnetii. Ocular manifestations are rare in this infection. We describe the case of a man complaining of an intense retro-orbital headache, fever, arthralgia, and bilateral loss of vision, who showed an anterior uveitis accompanied by exudative bilateral inferior retinal detachment and optic disk edema. At the beginning, a Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) syndrome was suspected, but the patient was diagnosed with Q fever and treatment with doxycycline was initiated, with complete resolution after 2 weeks. We wondered if Q fever could unleash VKH syndrome or simulate a VKH syndrome by a similar immunological process. © 2011 Udaondo et al.
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Udaondo, P., Garcia-Delpech, S., Salom, D., Garcia-Pous, M., & Diaz-Llopis, M. (2011). Q fever: A new ocular manifestation. Clinical Ophthalmology, 5(1), 1273–1275. https://doi.org/10.2147/opth.s18771
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