Short Report: Throat Swab Samples for Diagnosis of Q Fever

作者：Angelakis Emmanouil^*; Mediannikov Oleg; Stein Andreas; Bassene Hubert; Sokhna Cheikh; Raoult Didier

来源：The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2014, 90(1): 147-148.

DOI：10.4269/ajtmh.13-0490

Oropharyngeal swabs collected from patients with Q fever from France and from febrile patients from Senegal were tested by molecular assays for Coxiella burnetii. One positive result (0.08%) occurred for only one patient with acute Q fever. Throat swabs cannot replace blood serum samples as diagnostic tools for Q fever.

• 出版日期2014-1