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Volume 20, Number 3—March 2014
Dispatch

Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever among Health Care Workers, Turkey

Aysel Kocagul Celikbas, Başak Dokuzoğuz, Nurcam Baykam, Sebnem Eren Gok, Mustafa Necati Eroğlu, Kenan Midilli, Herve Zeller, and Onder ErgonulComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey (A.K. Celikbas, B. Dokuzoğuz, N. Baykam, S.E. Gok, M.N. Eroğlu); Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey (K. Midilli); Institut Pasteur, Lyon, France (H. Zeller); Koç University, Istanbul (O. Ergonul)

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Table 1

Clinical and laboratory findings of HCWs in whom Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever developed after occupational exposure, Turkey, 2004–2011*†

HCW, outcome Body temperature, °C Bleeding Leukocytes/mm3 Platelets/mm3 AST ALT APTT Fibrinogen SSI
1, survived 38.5 No 800 42,000 425 346 44 225 Moderate
2, survived 37.2 No 1100 53,000 145 81 43 270 Mild
3, died 40.5 Ecchymosis, hematemesis, melena, hematuria 11,100 40,000 251 277 90 171 Severe
4, survived 40.5 No 2,900 78,000 150 110 37.4 250 Mild
5, survived 39 Epistaxis 1,800 58,000 167 129 64 218 Moderate
6, survived 40.5 No 1,800 44,000 123 216 40.5 165 Moderate
7, survived 39.1 No 3,100 13,000 418 132 40.9 170 Moderate

*HCW, health care worker; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; APTT, activated partial thromboplastin time ; SSI, severity score index.
†Reference values: leukocytes, 4,000–11,000/mm3; platelets, 150,000–450,000/mm3; AST, <50 IU/L; ALT, <50 IU/L; APTT, 24–36 sec; fibrinogen, 200–400 mg/dL.

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