Senn L Franciolli M Raoult D Moulin A Von Segesser L Calandra T Greub G 2005 BACKGROUND Coxiella burnetii, the causative agent of Q fever, may cause culture-negative vascular graft infections. Very few cases of C. burnetii infection of a vascular graft have been reported. All were diagnosed by serology. CASE PRESENTATION We report the first case of Coxiella burnetii vascular graft infection diagnosed by broad-range PCR and discuss the diagnostic approaches and treatment strategies of chronic C. burnetii infection. CONCLUSION C. burnetii should be considered as etiological agent in patients with a vascular graft and fever, abdominal pain, and laboratory signs of inflammation, with or without exposure history. Broad-range PCR should be performed on culture-negative surgical samples in patients with suspected infection of vascular graft. https://sonar.ch/global/documents/264461 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1186/1471-2334-5-109 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/16336642 BMC infectious diseases. - 2005 Antibodies, Bacterial Aorta, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal Blood Vessel Prosthesis Chloroquine Coxiella burnetii Doxycycline Femoral Artery Humans Male Middle Aged Polymerase Chain Reaction Prosthesis-Related Infections Q Fever RNA, Ribosomal, 16S Treatment Outcome Coxiella burnetii vascular graft infection. http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501