Q fever - early

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Q fever - early

Treatment with antibiotics can shorten the length of the illness. Antibiotics that are commonly used include tetracycline and doxycycline. Oral tetracycline is usually not prescribed for children until after all the permanent teeth have erupted. It can permanently discolor teeth that are still forming.

As a general rule, recovery occurs even without treatment. However, complications can be very serious and sometimes even life-threatening. It is recommended that this disorder be treated any time it is recognized as the cause of symptoms.

• Relapse of infection -- see Q fever (late)
• Endocarditis (infection of heart valves)
• Chronic hepatitis (liver infection)
• Encephalitis (brain infection)
• Osteomyelitis (bone infection)
• Pneumonia (lung infection)

Call your health care provider if symptoms of Q fever develop.

Call if you have been treated for this disorder and symptoms return, or if new symptoms develop.

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