title: Chronic Q fever prosthetic valve endocarditis--an important cause of prosthetic valve dysfunction in Australia.
authors.affiliation: Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. Christian.Hamilton-Craig@health.qld.gov.au.
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paymard
authors.affiliation: Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nicotra
authors.affiliation: Pathology Queensland - Nambour Laboratory, Nambour, QLD, Australia.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dettrick
authors.affiliation: Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
authors.forename: Brendan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bell
authors.affiliation: Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chaudhuri
authors.affiliation: Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cody
authors.affiliation: Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tesar
authors.affiliation: Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hamilton-Craig
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D001315:Australia; D002908:Chronic Disease; D016997:Coxiella burnetii / Q000302:isolation & purification; D020878:Device Removal; D004452:Echocardiography; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D011778:Q Fever / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D012086:Reoperation