Q fever

Q fever, caused by <i>Coxiella burnetii</i>, is a bacterial zoonosis with a wide clinical spectrum that can be life-threatening and, in some cases, can become chronic.

Septic arthritis



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28739619
 FEMALE Middle Aged
Q fever prosthetic joint infection.
Weisenberg S, Perlada D, Peatman T.
BMJ Case Rep. 2017;2017:.
We present a case of Q fever prosthetic joint septic arthritis that has responded to a combination of two-stage surgical exchange and prolonged medical treatment with doxycycline and hydroxychloroquine.
28739619
 FEMALE Middle Aged
Q fever prosthetic joint infection.
Weisenberg S, Perlada D, Peatman T.
BMJ Case Rep. 2017;2017:.
Q fever has recently been described as a cause of prosthetic joint septic arthritis, but remains very uncommonly reported.