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A case of multifocal chronic Q fever osteomyelitis

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Chronic Q fever can be difficult to diagnose because of a variety of non-specific clinical presentations. Chronic Q fever osteoarticular infections have rarely been reported in the literature. We describe here an unusual multifocal osteomyelitis due to Coxiella burnetii in an adult.

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  1. Service d’Infectiologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, Hôpital l’Archet 1, 151 Route Saint Antoine de Ginestière, BP 3079, 06202, Nice Cedex 3, France

    E. Acquacalda, H. Montaudie & C. Pulcini

  2. Laboratoire de Virologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, Hôpital l’Archet 2, 151 Route Saint Antoine de Ginestière, BP 3079, 06202, Nice Cedex 3, France

    C. Laffont

  3. Faculté de Médecine, Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, CNRS-IRD UMR 6236, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France

    P.-E. Fournier

  4. Faculté de Médecine de Nice, Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, 28 Avenue de Valombrose, 06107, Nice Cedex 2, France

    C. Pulcini

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Acquacalda, E., Montaudie, H., Laffont, C. et al. A case of multifocal chronic Q fever osteomyelitis. Infection 39, 167–169 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-010-0076-2

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