Sexually transmitted Q fever.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We report the sexual transmission of Coxiella burnetii from a man with occupationally acquired Q fever to his wife. Fifteen days after coitus, his wife also developed serologically proven acute Q fever. C. burnetii DNA sequences were detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) performed on semen samples obtained from the husband at 4 and 15 months after the onset of acute Q fever, but PCR results were variable at 23 months, indicating the presence of few organisms.
Medical subject headings
- Coxiella burnetii
- Q Fever
- Semen
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Bacterial