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Background Coxiella burnetii, the causative agent of Q fever, may cause culture-negative vascular graft infections. Very few cases of C. burnetii infection of a vascular graft have been reported. All were diagnosed by serology.
Von Segesser Ludwig +6 more
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COXIELLA BURNETII PATHOGENICITY MOLECULAR BASIS [PDF]
Coxiella burnetii is an obligate intracellular gram-negative bacterial pathogen, an ethiological agent of Q-fever, a zoonotic disease, elapsing as an acute (mostly atypical pneumonia) or a chronic (mostly endocarditis) form. The host range is represented
Yu. A. Panferova
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Recent proteomic studies of C. burnetii, the etiological agent of Q fever, have brought a deeper insight into the pathogens physiology and offered new possibilities in investigations of inter- or intra-species relatedness.
Ihnatko, Robert, +5 more
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Streptococcus anginosus and Coxiella burnetii vascular graft co-infection
Vascular graft infections are rare complications, usually associated with a monomicrobial pyogenic culture. We report a case of vascular graft co-infection with Streptococcus anginosus and Coxiella burnetii, complicated by an aorto-duodenal fistula ...
Sybille Dvorak, Alain Bizzini
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Q fever is a zoonotic disease caused by the bacteria Coxiella burnetii. Domestic ruminants are the primary source for human infection, and the identification of likely contamination routes from the reservoir animals the critical point to implement ...
Sara Tomaiuolo +18 more
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Sensitive Detection of Antibodies in Patients with Acute Coxiella Burnetii Infection
Purpose: Coxiella burnetii bacteria cause a zoonotic disease called Q fever. Differentiation between acute and chronic Coxiella infection is possible via serological detection of specific antibodies against Coxiella surface lipopolysaccharides, which ...
B. Menge +7 more
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Genomic changes during the evolution of the Coxiella genus along the parasitism-mutualism continuum
The Coxiellaceae family is composed of five genera showing lifestyles ranging from free-living to symbiosis. Among them, Coxiella burnetii is a well-known pathogen causing Q fever in humans.
Santos-Garcia, Diego +11 more
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Seroepidemiology of Coxiella Burnetii in commercial dairy herds in northeast of Iran [PDF]
Q fever is an important zoonotic disease caused by infection with Coxiella burnetii. Limited information is available concerning theseroprevalence of Coxiella burnetii in Iran.A serological survey was conducted to describe the eroepidemiology of ...
Mohammad Azizzadeh +3 more
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The causative agent of Q fever, the intracellular pathogen Coxiella burnetii, is found almost worldwide; many types of blood-sucking ticks that are dangerous to animals and humans are involved in the circulation of the pathogen.
Yu. A. Panferova +4 more
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Detection of Coxiella burnetii in Ambient Air after a Large Q Fever Outbreak. [PDF]
One of the largest Q fever outbreaks ever occurred in the Netherlands from 2007-2010, with 25 fatalities among 4,026 notified cases. Airborne dispersion of Coxiella burnetii was suspected but not studied extensively at the time.
Myrna M T de Rooij +6 more
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