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Coxiella burnetii Femoro-Popliteal Bypass Infection: A Case Report

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MICROORGANISMS
卷 11, 期 9, 页码 -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11092146

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Q fever; Coxiella burnetii; PET-scan; vascular graft infection

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Cardiovascular infections caused by Coxiella burnetii are the most severe and potentially lethal among persistent localized infections. The use of 18-FDG PET scans has allowed for the detection of non-aortic vascular infections, expanding clinicians' understanding of these infections beyond the heart and aorta.
Cardiovascular infections are the most severe and potentially lethal among the persistent focalized Coxiella burnetii infections. While aortic infections on aneurysms or prostheses are well-known, with specific complications (risk of fatal rupture), new non-aortic vascular infections are increasingly being described thanks to the emerging use of 18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (F-18-FDG PET-scan). Here, we describe an infection of a femoro-popliteal bypass that would not have been diagnosed without the use of PET-scan. It is well-known that vascular prosthetic material is a site favorable for bacterial persistence, but the description of unusual anatomical sites, outside the heart or aorta, should raise the clinicians' awareness and generalize the indications for PET-scan, with careful inclusion of the upper and lower limbs (not included in PET-scan for cancer), particularly in the presence of vascular prostheses. Future studies will be needed to precisely determine their optimal management.

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