Coxiella burnetiiEndocarditis and Meningitis, California, USA, 2017

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1 August 2018

journal article
research article
Published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Emerging Infectious Diseases

Vol. 24 (8), 1555-1557
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2408.180249

Abstract

The epidemiology of Coxiella burnetii infection in the United States is not well characterized. We report a case-patient with C. burnetii endocarditis and meningitis. Infection was diagnosed by detecting high serologic titers for C. burnetii and confirmed by sequencing of C. burnetii 16S rRNA isolated from resected valvular tissue and PCR of cerebrospinal fluid.

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