Volume 22, Number 12—December 2016
Dispatch
Human Infection with Novel Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia Genotype, China, 2015
Table
Epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of 5 patients with Rickettsia sp. XY99 infection, China, 2015*
Characteristic |
Patient no. |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
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Age, y | 65 | 64 | 66 | 80 | 62 |
Sex | M | F | F | M | M |
History of tick bite | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Time between tick bite and illness onset, d | NA | NA | NA | 14 | 6 |
Time from onset to admission, d | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
Duration of hospitalization, d | 12 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 10 |
Fever | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Highest temperature, °C | 40.0 | 39.5 | 38.7 | 38.4 | 39.1 |
Headache | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Dizziness | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Asthenia | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Myalgia | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Rash | No | No | No | No | No |
Eschar | No | No | No | No | No |
Lymphadenopathy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Anorexia | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Nausea | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Vomit | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Cough | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Pneumonia | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Hydrothorax | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
Confusion | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Meningeal irritation sign | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Ecchymosis | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Hemoptysis | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Hematuria |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
*NA, not applicable. |
1These authors contributed equally to this article.