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Volume 29, Number 4—April 2023
Synopsis

Bacterial Agents Detected in 418 Ticks Removed from Humans during 2014–2021, France

Marie Jumpertz, Jacques Sevestre, Léa Luciani, Linda Houhamdi, Pierre-Edouard Fournier, and Philippe ParolaComments to Author 
Author affiliation: Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France; IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille

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Table 2

Bacterial species identified in different patient samples in study of bacterial agents detected in 418 ticks removed from humans during 2014–2021, France*

Patient sample Total Identified bacteria Bacteria found in tick Negative samples
Blood†
31
Coxiella burnetii, n = 1
Yes
30
Cutaneous‡
39
Rickettsia slovaca, n = 3; Borrelia sp., n = 1; Rickettsia sp., n = 1; Coxiella-like bacteria, n = 1
Yes
30
Serum, acute
47
Borrelia sp., n = 3
No
44
Serum, followup 30 Borrelia sp., n = 2; Coxiella burnetii, n = 1; R. slovaca, n = 1 Yes 26

*Different types of patient samples for which at least 1 tick was also identified were tested for bacteria by using serologic and molecular methods at the Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France. †Collected in tubes with EDTA. ‡Samples from 33 biopsies and 6 cutaneous swab specimens.

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