Q fever is not just a rural problem anymore

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In this episode:

  • Q fever has made it to the urban fringes and is no longer just a rural health issue.
  • A structured and syndromic approach will allow GPs, especially urban GPs, to include Q fever on our list of differential diagnoses
  • Step wise guidance on specific diagnosis, empirical management, when to refer and when to suspect chronic Q fever and also whom and how to get vaccinated

 

Host: Dr David Lim, GP and Medical Educator

Total time: 35 mins

Guest: Andrew Lloyd, Infectious Diseases Physician

 

Last Updated: 2 Dec, 2021

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