Psoas abscess: An unusual manifestation of Q fever.
Q fever may lead to serious complications in chronically infected patients. We report two cases of psoas abscess due to Coxiella burnetii associated with lumbar osteomyelitis secondary to an aortic aneurysmal infection. Diagnosis was based on serology, and PCR detected C. burnetii DNA in an abscess sample.
Breton
Guillaume
G
Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Pitié-Salpétrière, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, France.
Yahiaoui
Yasmina
Y
Deforges
Lionel
L
Lebrun
Agnès
A
Michel
Marc
M
Godeau
Bertrand
B