RT Book, Section A1 Schutze, Gordon E. A2 Kline, Mark W. SR Print(0) ID 1182936886 T1 Q Fever T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e YR 2018 FD 2018 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781259588594 LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182936886 RD 2024/03/29 AB Coxiella burnetii is an obligate intracellular pleomorphic gram-negative coccobacillus that was originally named Rickettsia burnetii. Extensive changes in the taxonomy of rickettsiae based on the sequencing of the 16S rRNA have resulted in the removal of C burnetii from the order Rickettsiales.