Polymicrobial Infections Among Patients with Vascular Q Fever, France, 2004–2020

oleh: Mathilde Puges, Xavier Bérard, Caroline Caradu, Maïlys Ducours, Carole Eldin, Mathilde Carrer, Noémie Sauvage, Marc-Olivier Vareil, Laure Alleman, Fatima M’Zali, Sabine Pereyre, Charles Cazanave

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Diterbitkan: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021-07-01

Deskripsi

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.