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18F-FDG PET/CT as a central tool in the shift from chronic Q fever to Coxiella burnetii persistent focalized infection: A consecutive case series.
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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
- Q fever in Spain: Description of a new series, and systematic review.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2018Pooled it
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- Rare case of chronic Q fever myocarditis in end stage heart failure patient: A case report.World journal of cardiology · 2022Article
- Molecular diagnosis ofAnnals of medicine · 2021Article
- Screening for Q Fever in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation, Israel, June 2018-May 2020.Emerging infectious diseases · 2021Article
- Q Fever Osteoarticular Infection in Children.Emerging infectious diseases · 2020Article
- Microbial Safety of Milk Production and Fermented Dairy Products in Africa.Microorganisms · 2020Review
- Persistent Coxiella burnetii cardiovascular infection on Bentall-De Bono prosthesis.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2020Article
- Q Fever in Southern California: a Case Series of 20 Patients from a VA Medical Center.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2019Article
- Hemodialysis vascular graft as a focus of persistent Q fever.Infection · 2018Article
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Abstract
Because Q fever is mostly diagnosed serologically, localizing a persistent focus of Coxiella burnetii infection can be challenging. F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (F-FDG PET/CT) could be an interesting tool in this context.We performed a retrospective study on patients diagnosed with C burnetii infection, who had undergone F-FDG PET/CT between 2009 and 2015. When positive F-FDG PET/CT results were obtained, we tried to determine if it changed the previous diagnosis by discovering or confirming a suspected focus of C burnetii infection.One hundred sixty-seven patients benefited from F-FDG PET/CT. The most frequent clinical subgroup before F-FDG PET/CT was patients with no identified focus of infection, despite high IgG1 serological titers (34%). For 59% (n = 99) of patients, a hypermetabolic focus was identified. For 62 patients (62.6%), the positive F-FDG PET/CT allowed the diagnosis to be changed. For 24 of them, (38.7%), a previously unsuspected focus of infection was discovered. Forty-two (42%) positive patients had more than 1 hypermetabolic focus. We observed 21 valvular foci, 34 vascular foci, and a high proportion of osteoarticular localizations (n = 21). We also observed lymphadenitis (n = 27), bone marrow hypermetabolism (n = 11), and 9 pulmonary localizations.We confirmed thatF-FDG PET/CT is a central tool in the diagnosis of C burnetii focalized persistent infection. We proposed new diagnostic scores for 2 main clinical entities identified using F-FDG PET/CT: osteoarticular persistent infections and lymphadenitis.
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