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01-12-2018 | Case Report

Hemodialysis vascular graft as a focus of persistent Q fever

Authors: Vincent Ernest, Serge Cammilleri, Philippe Amabile, Mathilde Fedi, Stéphane Burtey, Clarissa Von Kotze, Marion Pelletier, Valérie Moal, Eric Guedj, Cindy Perron, Raafat Boustani, Yvon Berland, Philippe Brunet, Didier Raoult, Pierre-Edouard Fournier, Noémie Jourde-Chiche

Published in: Infection | Issue 6/2018

Abstract

Vascular access infection is a frequent complication in hemodialysis patients. We report the second case worldwide of a prosthetic hemodialysis vascular graft infection by Coxiella burnetii, with intense hypermetabolism on PET-CT, Q fever serology consistent with persistent infection, and positive C. burnetii DNA in the blood and removed vascular graft.

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Title: Hemodialysis vascular graft as a focus of persistent Q fever
Authors: Vincent Ernest
Serge Cammilleri
Philippe Amabile
Mathilde Fedi
Stéphane Burtey
Clarissa Von Kotze
Marion Pelletier
Valérie Moal
Eric Guedj
Cindy Perron
Raafat Boustani
Yvon Berland
Philippe Brunet
Didier Raoult
Pierre-Edouard Fournier
Noémie Jourde-Chiche
Publication date: 01-12-2018
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Infection / Issue 6/2018
Print ISSN: 0300-8126
Electronic ISSN: 1439-0973
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-018-1206-5

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