Infective aortic valve endocarditis from Coxiella burnetii.
Journal article published in 2007 by
Fotios Panou,
Constantinos Papadopoulos,
Fotios Kolokathis,
Efthimia Gannitsioti,
Sotirios Tsiodras 
,
Eleni Giamarellou,
Dimitrios T. Kremastinos
,
Eleni Giamarellou,
Dimitrios T. Kremastinos
Abstract
We describe the case of a patient with a clinical picture of heart failure, which appeared and worsened rapidly following a reported febrile respiratory infection. The echocardiogram and serological tests established the diagnosis of aortic valve disease from Coxiella Burnetii.