Relevance of the positron emission tomography in the diagnosis of vascular graft infection with Coxiella burnetii

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-49

  Merhej, Vicky ^a   Cammilleri, Serge ^b   Piquet, Philippe ^b   Casalta, Jean Paul ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetii; Molecular biology; PET scanner; Serology

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMIPENEM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANTIBODY TITER; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHEESE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTACT EXAMINATION; COXIELLA BURNETII; DEVICE REMOVAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOLEAK; ENDOPROSTHESIS; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; GIEMSA STAIN; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAM STAINING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSOAS ABSCESS; Q FEVER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; COXIELLA BURNETII; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; Q FEVER; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; VASCULAR GRAFTING;

COXIELLA BURNETII;

EID: 84855444169     PISSN: 01479571     EISSN: 18781667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cimid.2011.09.010     Document Type: Article

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