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Volume 26, Number 5—May 2020
Synopsis

Epidemiology of Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever in Endemic Area, Spain

María Carmen DomínguezComments to Author , Salvador Vergara, María Carmen Gómez, and María Esther Roldán
Author affiliations: Hospital de la Merced, Osuna, Spain (M.C. Domínguez, M.C. Gómez, M.E. Roldán); Hospital del Tomillar, Seville, Spain (S. Vergara)

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Table 1

Characteristics of 98 patients with tick-borne relapsing fever, Spain*

Variable Value
Median age, y (IQR)
29 (17–46)
Sex
M 55 (56.1)
F
43 (43.9)
Town of residence
Osuna 40 (40.8)
Ecija 20 (20.4)
Other
38 (38.8)
Risk activities
Farming 15 (15.3)
Hiking 10 (10.2)
Hunting
3 (3.1)
Contact with rodents 13 (13.3)
Tick bite 17 (17.3)
JHR, n = 79 8 (10.1)
Median time before diagnosis, d (IQR) 3 (2–5)
Hospitalized 56 (57.1)
Median length of hospital admission, d (IQR)
5 (4–6)
Antimicrobial drug treatment
Tetracycline 79 (80.6)
Macrolides 18 (18.4)
Cephalosporin 9 (9.2)
Penicillin G
2 (2)
Duration of antimicrobial therapy, d (IQR) 10 (7–14)
Death
0
*Values are no. (%) except as indicated. IQR, interquartile range; JHR, Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction.
†Except where noted.

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