Prolonged Q fever associated with inappropriate secretion of anti-diuretic hormone

Abstract

A man with acute Q fever developed hyponatraemia associated with inappropriate secretion of anti-diuretic hormone. The pyrexial illness lasted for 9 weeks and failed to respond to tetracycline, erythromycin and intravenous lincomycin. Subsequently seroconversion indicated chronic Q fever. © 1984 The British Society for the Study of Infection.