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 …

Q fever is caused by the bacterium Coxiella burnetii and has both acute and chronic forms.
The acute disease is a febrile illness often with headache and myalgia that can be self …

The “One Health” concept recognizes that human health is connected to animal health and
to the ecosystems. Coxiella burnetii–induced human Q fever is one of the most widespread …

Endocarditis is the major clinical manifestation of chronic Q fever. Although doxycycline
along with hydroxychloroquine remains the mainstay of medical therapy for Q fever …

Q fever is a zoonosis. It had its beginnings in Brisbane, Australia, in 1936 as an outbreak of
a febrile illness among abbatoir workers at the Cannon Hill Abbatoir in that city. 1 Dr EH …

Study Objectives. To correlate serum propylene glycol concentration with osmol gap, serum
lactate concentration, and amount of propylene glycol administered to mechanically …

Data about the effectiveness of different antibiotic regimens for the treatment of acute Q fever
from clinical studies is scarce. We analysed the antibiotic treatment regimens of acute Q …

Coxiella burnetii is the etiologic agent of Q fever. It is a small Gram-negative bacterium that
grows only in eukaryotic cells (38). Within these cells it multiplies in an acidic vacuole, pH …

In this study we have evaluated the in vitro activity of antibiotics against 13 new isolates of
Coxiella burnetii using a real‐time quantitative PCR assay. MICs against doxycycline …

We evaluated antibiotic activity against the intracellular bacterium Coxiella burnetii using an
activated THP-1 cell model of infection. At clinically relevant concentrations, the intracellular …