ArticleOpen forum infectious diseases2016
Chronic Q-Fever (Coxiella burnetii) Causing Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm and Lumbar Osteomyelitis: A Case Report.
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- A systematic review on the health outcomes associated with non-endocarditis manifestations of chronic Q fever.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2020Pooled it
- Deciphering whipple's disease complexity.Clinical and experimental medicine · 2026Review
- Q fever sternum osteomyelitis in a patient with history of cardiovascular surgery: A case report from China.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2026Article
- Clinical features of Q fever vertebral osteomyelitis: case reports and literature review.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Clinical Features and Treatment Strategies of Q Fever Spinal Infection: A Pooled Analysis of 39 Cases and Narrative Review of the Literature.Open forum infectious diseases · 2025Article
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- Case Report:Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- A case of tick-transmitted Q fever in Lishui, China diagnosed by next-generation sequencing.The Journal of international medical research · 2021Article
- A Case of Primary Aortoduodenal Fistula and Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in a Patient with Chronic Q Fever.Aorta (Stamford, Conn.) · 2017Article
- Review
- From Q Fever to Coxiella burnetii Infection: a Paradigm Change.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2017Review
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Abstract
Coxiella burnetii is a rare cause of chronic infection that most frequently presents as endocarditis. We report a case of C burnetii causing an infected abdominal aortic aneurysm with contiguous lumbar osteomyelitis resulting in spinal cord compromise. The diagnosis was established by serologic studies consistent with chronic Q-fever (ratio of C burnetii immunoglobulin [Ig]G phase II titer to IgG phase I titer <1) and was confirmed by positive C burnetii polymerase chain reaction of vertebral tissue in addition to pathology of vertebral bone showing intracellular Gram-negative coccobacillary bacteria. The patient clinically improved after surgical decompression and prolonged treatment with doxycycline and hydroxychloroquine.
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