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Chronic infection (usually infective endocarditis) often affects patients with valvulopathy or immunosuppression. Herein, we study the inpatient frequency of Q fever in the United States. <jats:italic>Methods<\/jats:italic>. We used a nationwide inpatient sample (NIS) for our retrospective cohort study to include hospitalizations with a diagnosis of Q fever between 2010 and 2019. Survey procedures were applied to accommodate for complex sampling design of NIS. Chi\u2010square and least\u2010square means were used for categorical and continuous variables, respectively. Jonckheere\u2013Terpstra test was used to study the trends over the years. SAS 9.4 was used for data mining and analysis. <jats:italic>Results<\/jats:italic>. A total of 2,685 hospitalizations with a diagnosis of Q fever were included, among which 451 (17%) cases had a concurrent diagnosis of infective endocarditis. The mean age of patients was 58\u2009years, and less than a third was female. Our analysis demonstrated that infective endocarditis was the most common cardiac complication associated with Q fever and was associated with increased inpatient mortality (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> value &lt;0.001). There is a trend of an increase in cases of inpatient Q fever with or without endocarditis over the years (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> value &lt;0.05). Q fever cases were more common across the Pacific and the South Atlantic divisions. <jats:italic>Conclusion<\/jats:italic>. Physicians should be aware of an increasing trend of hospitalized patients with Q fever and the significant association with infective endocarditis. 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