title: Iliopsoas abscess associated with endovascular infection: an acute case of chronic Q fever.
abstract: fever is a zoonosis caused by Coxiella burnetii, which occurs worldwide. After acute Q fever infection, 1% to 5% of patients develop chronic Q fever. Chronic Q fever usually presents as endocarditis or endovascular infection. The diagnosis and localization of chronic Q fever are challenging, as most patients present with nonspecific symptoms. Moreover, it often occurs in patients without a known episode of acute infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, VieCuri Medical Center, PO Box 1926, 5900 BX Venlo, The Netherlands. Electronic address: dbarten@viecuri.nl.
authors.forename: Dennis G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Barten
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, VieCuri Medical Center, PO Box 1926, 5900 BX, Venlo, The Netherlands. Electronic address: dgulikers@viecuri.nl.
authors.forename: Donné E J
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Gulikers
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, VieCuri Medical Center, PO Box 1926, 5900 BX Venlo, The Netherlands. Electronic address: mariekeversteegen@viecuri.nl.
authors.forename: Marieke G J
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Versteegen
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, VieCuri Medical Center, PO Box 1926, 5900 BX Venlo,The Netherlands. Electronic address: willie.thimister@uzleuven.be.
authors.forename: Willie P W L
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Thimister
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Radboud University Medical Center, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Electronic address: q.demast@radboudumc.nl.
authors.forename: Quirijn
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: de Mast
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Radboud University Medical Center, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Radboud Expertise Center for Q fever, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Electronic address: chantal.bleeker-rovers@radboudumc.nl.
authors.forename: Chantal P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Bleeker-Rovers
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009426:Netherlands; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D016659:Psoas Abscess / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D011778:Q Fever / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D012307:Risk Factors