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Summary
Coxiella burnetii is the causative pathogen of the zoonotic infection Q fever. Most patients with Q fever experience a non-specific febrile illness, hepatitis or pneumonia. Q fever has recently been described as a cause of prosthetic joint septic arthritis, but remains very uncommonly reported. 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.
- bone and joint infections
- infectious diseases
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Contributors All authors: participated in care of the patient and manuscript editing. SW: responsible for the accuracy of the clinical description.
Competing interests None declared.
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