Publications by authors named "V Rabier"
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- * Researchers analyzed data from 361 infants with confirmed pertussis, finding that 32 (9%) developed fulminant symptoms, which were more common in neonates, unvaccinated, and premature infants.
- * Results indicated that B. pertussis strains that produced PRN were associated with higher risks of fulminant pertussis, suggesting the significance of PRN in the severity of the disease.
We report here the case of a Prosthetic Joint Infection (PJI) associated with Coxiella burnetii in a 62-year-old man with a revised total hip arthroplasty. The diagnosis was performed first by 16S rDNA sequencing on hip fluid aspirate, and confirmed by specific qPCR. Q fever has been reported in few cases of Prosthetic Joint Infections, often associated with chronic evolution and iterative surgeries.
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