Summary

Coxiella burnetii is the causative pathogen of the zoonotic infection Q fever. Most patients with Q fever experience a non-specific febrile illness, hepatitis or pneumonia. Q fever has recently been described as a cause of prosthetic joint septic arthritis, but remains very uncommonly reported. We present a case of Q fever prosthetic joint septic arthritis that has responded to a combination of two-stage surgical exchange and prolonged medical treatment with doxycycline and hydroxychloroquine.