Unique Clone ofCoxiella burnetiiCausing Severe Q Fever, French Guiana

• DOI: 10.3201/eid1907.130044
• Publication Date: 2013-05-24T17:02:50Z
• Authors: Aba Mahamat; Sophie Edouard; Magalie Demar; Philippe Abboud; Jean-Yves Patrice; Bernard La Scola; Antoine Okandze; Félix Djossou; Didier Raoult
• Keywords: Coxiella burnetii; Q fever; clone (Java method); Rickettsiaceae

Acute Q fever is an emergent and severe disease in French Guiana. We obtained 5 Coxiella burnetii isolates from samples of patients Cayenne found epidemic clone circulating Cayenne. This has caused pneumonia endocarditis seems to be more virulent than previously described strains.