Assertion: chronic q fever | /r/AtLocation | immunosuppressed patients
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text: Because C. burnetii is an intracellular pathogen, Q fever endocarditis might be expected to occur with greater frequency in HIV-infected patients than in the general population; however, most cases of chronic Q fever occurring in immunosuppressed patients have been reported among persons with cancer (6) and only rarely among HIV-infected persons (6,12).