Persistence of DNA in a Cured Patient and Positive Culture in Cases with Low Antibody Levels Bring into Question Diagnosis of Q Fever Endocarditis

We evaluated the performance of tools for diagnosing Q fever cardiovascular infection. We retrospectively analyzed 162 cardiovascular samples from 125 patients who were tested serologically by immunofluorescence, quantitative PCR (qPCR), 16S rRNA gene amplification, culture, and immunohistochemistry...

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Auteurs principaux: Edouard, Sophie, Million, Matthieu, Lepidi, Hubert, Rolain, Jean-Marc, Fournier, Pierre-Edouard, La Scola, Bernard, Grisoli, Dominique, Raoult, Didier
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: American Society for Microbiology 2013
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Bacteriology
Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3754656/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23850956
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00812-13
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