title: Q fever endocarditis associated with a cardiovascular implantable electronic device.
abstract: Cardiovascular implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) are frequently related to endocarditis. Most cases of intravascular CIED infections are usually related to skin flora, but a few cases may occur with negative blood culture. Coxiella burnetii is one of the main causes of blood culture-negative endocarditis in native and prosthetic valves, but to date no cases related to CIED have been published. Herein we report two cases of Q fever endocarditis related to these non-valvular cardiovascular devices.
authors.affiliation: Área de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital San Pedro-CIBIR, Logroño, La Rioja, Spain. jaoteo@riojasalud.es
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Oteo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pérez-Cortés
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Santibáñez
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Portillo
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Blanco
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Alarcón
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016997:Coxiella burnetii / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019736:Prostheses and Implants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D011778:Q Fever / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial