저자들은 1예의 고열을 동반한 침윤성 자궁경부 암환자의 말초혈액 임파구에서 C. burnetii 감염과 털세포변형을 확인하였으며, 경구 리팜핀의 투여로 임상증상의 호전을 경험하였기에 문헌고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

Q Fever is caused by Coxiella burnetii an boligate intracellular parasite that lives within the phagolysosome of infected cells. The infection can be asymptomatic, acute or chronic. Latently infected hosts with an immunocompromised condition may reactivate and experience Q Fever . Several cases of Q fever were reported as a complication fo malignancy. Recently Coxiella burnetii infected human peripheral blood lymphocyte (PBL) has been reported to undergo hairy cell transformation and therefore we can suggest the relationship between Coxiella burnetii infection and hairy cell leukemia. We report here a case of Q fever in 47-year-old patient with invasive cervical carcinoma and review the literature related to this disease.