Culture of C. burnetii from the dental pulp of experimentally infected guinea pigs.
An experimental model of Q fever in Guinea pigs was studied. Coxiella burnetii was cultured from the dental pulp of infected animals following bacteremia.
Aboudharam
Gérard
G
Faculté de Médecine, Universite de la Mediterranee, Unité des Rickettsies-CNRS UMR 6020, 27 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille Cedex 5, France.
Drancourt
Michel
M
Raoult
Didier
D
D000818:Animals; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology; D016997:Coxiella burnetii / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003782:Dental Pulp / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D011778:Q Fever / Q000382:microbiology*