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

Mathilde Puges (1) , Xavier Bérard (1) , Caroline Caradu (2) , Maïlys Ducours (3) , Carole Eldin (4, 5) , Mathilde Carrer (1) , Noémie Sauvage (1) , Marc-Olivier Vareil (6) , Laure Alleman (7) , Fatima M’zali (8) , Sabine Pereyre (8) , Charles Cazanave (1, 8)

1 CHU Bordeaux [Bordeaux]
2 Biologie des maladies cardiovasculaires = Biology of Cardiovascular Diseases
3 Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales A [Bordeaux]
4 VITROME - Vecteurs - Infections tropicales et méditerranéennes
5 IHU Marseille - Institut Hospitalier Universitaire Méditerranée Infection
6 Le CHCB, Centre Hospitalier de la Côte Basque
7 UB - Université de Bordeaux
8 Université de Bordeaux Ségalen [Bordeaux 2]

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.

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Bacteriology; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Virology; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Parasitology; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Human health and pathology; Cardiology and cardiovascular system; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Human health and pathology; Emerging diseases; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Human health and pathology; Infectious diseases

Mathilde Puges, Xavier Bérard, Caroline Caradu, Maïlys Ducours, Carole Eldin, et al.. Polymicrobial Infections Among Patients with Vascular Q Fever, France, 2004–2020. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021, 27 (7), pp.1961-1963. ⟨10.3201/eid2707.210282⟩. ⟨hal-03334371⟩