Table 2. Patients characteristics for qRT-PCR analysis.
| Patients characteristics | Acute Q fever | C. burnetii persistent infection | C. burnetii lymphadenitis | C. burnetii and lymphoma |
Controls NHL without C. burnetii infection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| Sex (men/women) | 7/4 | 8/3 | 4/0 | 2/2 | 3/7 |
| Age (mean±SD) | 43±16 | 58±13 | 56±16 | 73±11 | 63±18 |
| C. burnetii infectious focus | No C. burnetii infectious focus | ||||
| Endocarditis | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | |
| Vascular infection | 0 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Hepatitis | 9 | - | 1 | - | |
| Pneumonia | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Flu-like syndrome | 1 | - | - | - | |
| IgG I mediane [IQR] | 100 [0–200] | 1600 [800–12800] | 3400 [250–9600] | 500 [150–800] | Negative |
| IgG II mediane [IQR] | 1600 [800–2400] | 3200 [1600–9400] | 850 [1600–4200] | 1000 [400–1600] | |
| IgM II mediane [IQR] | 400 [100–800] | 0 [0–100] | 50 [0–100] | 0 [0–100] | |
| Outcome | NA | ||||
| Doxycycline alone | 11 | - | - | - | |
| Doxycycline-Hydroxychloroquine | - | 11 | 4 | 1 | |
| Surgery | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Remission | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 |
IQR: interquartile range, NA: not applicable