High-Content Screening, a Reliable System for Coxiella burnetii Isolation from Clinical Samples

Q fever, caused by Coxiella burnetii , is a worldwide zoonotic disease that may cause severe forms in humans and requires a specific and prolonged antibiotic treatment. Although current serological and molecular detection tools allow a reliable diagnosis of the disease, culture of C. burnetii strains is mandatory to assess their susceptibility to antibiotics and sequence their genome in order to optimize patient management and epidemiological...