Puges M, Bérard X, Caradu C, Ducours M, Eldin C, Carrer M, Sauvage N, Vareil MO, Alleman L, M'Zali F, Pereyre S, Cazanave C. Polymicrobial Infections Among Patients with
Vascular Q Fever, France, 2004-2020.
Emerg Infect Dis 2021;
27:1961-1963. [PMID:
34152966 PMCID:
PMC8237867 DOI:
10.3201/eid2707.210282]
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Abstract
We report 5 cases of vascular Q fever complicated by polymicrobial superinfection in patients who had no risk factors for acute Q fever. Q fever was diagnosed by serologic and molecular assays for Coxiella burnetii. We confirmed additional infections using conventional graft cultures.
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