title: Unique clone of Coxiella burnetii causing severe Q fever, French Guiana.
abstract: Acute Q fever is an emergent and severe disease in French Guiana. We obtained 5 Coxiella burnetii isolates from samples of patients from Cayenne and found an epidemic clone circulating in Cayenne. This clone has caused pneumonia and endocarditis and seems to be more virulent than previously described strains.
authors.affiliation: Centre Hospitalier Andree Rosemon, Cayenne, French Guiana
authors.forename: Aba
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mahamat
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Edouard
authors.forename: Magalie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Demar
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Abboud
authors.forename: Jean-Yves
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Patrice
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: La Scola
authors.forename: Antoine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Okandze
authors.forename: Félix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Djossou
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
mesh_terms: D016997:Coxiella burnetii / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D005616:French Guiana; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D058885:Multilocus Sequence Typing; D010802:Phylogeny; D011778:Q Fever / Q000382:microbiology*
keywords: Cayenne; Coxiella burnetii; French Guiana; Q fever; bacteria; clone; genotyping; multispacer sequence typing