title: Throat swab samples for diagnosis of Q fever.
abstract: Oropharyngeal swabs collected from patients with Q fever from France and from febrile patients from Senegal were tested by molecular assays for Coxiella burnetii. One positive result (0.08%) occurred for only one patient with acute Q fever. Throat swabs cannot replace blood serum samples as diagnostic tools for Q fever.
authors.affiliation: Faculte de Medecine, Aix Marseille Université, Marseille 13385, France; URMITE, UMR, IRD 198, Dakar, Senegal.
authors.forename: Emmanouil
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Angelakis
authors.forename: Oleg
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Mediannikov
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stein
authors.forename: Hubert
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bassene
authors.forename: Cheikh
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sokhna
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
mesh_terms: D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000379:methods; D016997:Coxiella burnetii / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009960:Oropharynx / Q000382:microbiology*; D011778:Q Fever / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D012675:Senegal / Q000453:epidemiology; D012698:Serologic Tests