title: Psoas abscess: An unusual manifestation of Q fever.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Pitié-Salpétrière, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, France.
authors.forename: Guillaume
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Breton
authors.forename: Yasmina
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yahiaoui
authors.forename: Lionel
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Deforges
authors.forename: Agnès
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lebrun
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Michel
authors.forename: Bertrand
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Godeau