Volume 17, Number 10—October 2011
Letter
Diagnosis of Rickettsioses from Eschar Swab Samples, Algeria
Table
Acceptability of swab or biopsy samples from tick-bite eschars, Oran Teaching Hospital, Oran, Algeria, July 2009–October 2010
Question | Answer, no. (%)* |
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Eschar swab sample | Skin biopsy sample | Both samples | Nothing | |
For medical or biologist practitioners, n = 78 | ||||
In the case that your patient has a “tache noire,” what would you do to confirm the diagnosis? | 46 (59) | 5 (6.4) | 22 (28) | 5 (6.4) |
If you have a “tache noire,” what do you do to confirm the diagnosis? |
57 (73) |
2 (2.5) |
9 (11.5) |
9 (11.5) |
For patients, n = 58 | ||||
In the case of inoculation eschar, which kind of medical procedure would you prefer your medical doctor to conduct? | 43 (74) | 78 (12) | 5 (8.6) | 3 (5.2) |
*p = 0.0001 for eschar swab sample vs. skin biopsy sample; p value not available for other parameters.
1These authors contributed equally to this article.