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International audienceBecause Q fever is mostly diagnosed serologically, localizing a persistent focus of Coxiella burnetii infection can be challenging. F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (F-18-FDG PET/CT) could be an interesting tool in this context.We performed a retrospective study on patients diagnosed with C burnetii infection, who had undergone F-18-FDG PET/CT between 2009 and 2015. When positive F-18-FDG PET/CT results were obtained, we tried to determine if it changed the previous diagnosis by discovering or confirming a suspected focus of C burnetii infection.One hundred sixty-seven patients benefited from F-18-FDG PET/CT. The most frequent clinical subgroup before F-18-FDG PET/CT was patients with no identified focus of infection, despite high IgG1 serological titers (34%). For 59% (n=99) of patients, a hypermetabolic focus was identified. For 62 patients (62.6%), the positive F-18-FDG PET/CT allowed the diagnosis to be changed. For 24 of them, (38.7%), a previously unsuspected focus of infection was discovered. Forty-two (42%) positive patients had more than 1 hypermetabolic focus. We observed 21 valvular foci, 34 vascular foci, and a high proportion of osteoarticular localizations (n=21). We also observed lymphadenitis (n=27), bone marrow hypermetabolism (n=11), and 9 pulmonary localizations.We confirmed that(18)F-FDG PET/CT is a central tool in the diagnosis of C burnetii focalized persistent infection. We proposed new diagnostic scores for 2 main clinical entities identified using F-18-FDG PET/CT: osteoarticular persistent infections and lymphadenitis

18F-FDG PET/CT as a central tool in the shift from chronic Q fever to Coxiella burnetii persistent focalized infection