From Q fever to Coxiella burnetii infection: a paradigm change

C Eldin, C Mélenotte, O Mediannikov… - Clinical microbiology …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Coxiella burnetii is the agent of Q fever, or “query fever,” a zoonosis first described in
Australia in 1937. Since this first description, knowledge about this pathogen and its …

Ticks and tickborne bacterial diseases in humans: an emerging infectious threat

P Parola, D Raoult - Clinical infectious diseases, 2001 - academic.oup.com
Ticks are currently considered to be second only to mosquitoes as vectors of human
infectious diseases in the world. Each tick species has preferred environmental conditions …

[HTML][HTML] Diagnosis and management of Q fever—United States, 2013: recommendations from CDC and the Q Fever Working Group

A Anderson, H Bijlmer, PE Fournier, S Graves… - MMWR Recomm …, 2013 - cdc.gov
Q fever, a zoonotic disease caused by the bacterium Coxiella burnetii, can cause acute or
chronic illness in humans. Transmission occurs primarily through inhalation of aerosols from …

Guidelines for the diagnosis and antibiotic treatment of endocarditis in adults: a report of the Working Party of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

FK Gould, DW Denning, TSJ Elliott… - Journal of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
The BSAC guidelines on treatment of infectious endocarditis (IE) were last published in
2004. The guidelines presented here have been updated and extended to reflect …

Q fever

E Angelakis, D Raoult - Veterinary microbiology, 2010 - Elsevier
Q fever is a zoonotic disease caused by the ubiquitous pathogen Coxiella burnetii
responsible for acute and chronic clinical manifestations. Farm animals and pets are the …

Infective endocarditis in adults

E Mylonakis, SB Calderwood - New England Journal of Medicine, 2001 - Mass Medical Soc
The clinical features of this complex infection have changed in the past several decades. It is
now an infection of older people, and mitral-valve prolapse is the most common …

Endocarditis due to rare and fastidious bacteria

P Brouqui, D Raoult - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2001 - Am Soc Microbiol
The etiologic diagnosis of infective endocarditis is easily made in the presence of
continuous bacteremia with gram-positive cocci. However, the blood culture may contain a …

Natural history and pathophysiology of Q fever

D Raoult, TJ Marrie, JL Mege - The Lancet infectious diseases, 2005 - thelancet.com
Q fever is a zoonosis caused by Coxiella burnetii. Infection with C burnetii can be acute or
chronic, and exhibits a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations. The extreme infectivity of the …

Is Q fever an emerging or re-emerging zoonosis?

N Arricau-Bouvery, A Rodolakis - Veterinary research, 2005 - hal.science
Q fever is a zoonotic disease considered as emerging or re-emerging in many countries. It is
caused by Coxiella burnetii, a bacterium developing spore-like forms that are highly …

Q fever

NR Parker, JH Barralet, AM Bell - The Lancet, 2006 - thelancet.com
Q fever is a zoonosis with many manifestations. The most common clinical presentation is an
influenza-like illness with varying degrees of pneumonia and hepatitis. Although acute …