Volume 24, Number 9—September 2018
Synopsis
Distinguishing Japanese Spotted Fever and Scrub Typhus, Central Japan, 2004– 2015
Table 3
Laboratory and treatment data for patients with JSF, ST, and nonrickettsial diseases central Japan, 2004–2015*
Characteristic |
JSF,
no. (%), n = 31 |
ST,
no. (%), n = 188 |
Non-R, no. (%), n = 97 |
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JSF vs. non-R† |
ST vs. non-R† |
JSF vs. ST‡ |
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OR (95% CI) |
p value |
OR (95% CI) |
p value |
OR (95% CI) |
p value |
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Laboratory data | |||||||||||
Leukocytes >9,800/μL | 5 (16) | 23 (12) | 42 (45) | 0.2 (0.1–0.7) | 0.006 | 0.2 (0.1–0.3) | <0.001 | 1.4 (0.5–3.9) | 0.556 | ||
Hb <11 g/dL (F) or <13.5 g/dL (M) | 5 (16) | 29 (16) | 46 (49) | 0.2 (0.1–0.6) | 0.002 | 0.2 (0.1–0.3) | <0.001 | 1.0 (0.4–2.9) | 0.939 | ||
Platelets <130,000/μL | 22 (71) | 59 (32) | 28 (30) | 5.7 (2.3–13.9) | <0.001 | 1.1 (0.6–1.8) | 0.806 | 5.3 (2.3–12.2) | <0.001 | ||
Albumin <3.4 g/dL | 14 (61) | 37 (29) | 31 (55) | 1.3 (0.5–3.4) | 0.653 | 0.3 (0.2–0.6) | 0.001 | 3.8 (1.5–9.6) | 0.004 | ||
AST >33 IU/L | 29 (94) | 154 (83) | 46 (50) | 14.5 (3.3–64.3) | <0.001 | 4.8 (2.8–8.4) | <0.001 | 3.0 (0.7–13.3) | 0.145 | ||
ALT >42 IU/L | 16 (52) | 100 (54) | 42 (46) | 1.3 (0.6–2.9) | 0.566 | 1.4 (0.8–2.3) | 0.204 | 0.9 (0.4–2.0) | 0.824 | ||
LDH >229 IU/L | 30 (97) | 179 (97) | 70 (78) | 8.6 (1.1–66.8) | 0.040 | 8.5 (3.3–22.1) | <0.001 | 1.0 (0.1–8.7) | 0.996 | ||
Total bilirubin >1.0 mg/dL | 9 (29) | 13 (7) | 15 (17) | 2.0 (0.8–5.1) | 0.166 | 0.4 (0.2–0.8) | 0.016 | 5.2 (2.0–13.6) | 0.001 | ||
Direct bilirubin >0.4 mg/dL | 4 (22) | 7 (5) | 16 (28) | 0.8 (0.2–2.6) | 0.652 | 0.1 (0.1–0.4) | <0.001 | 5.2 (1.3–19.9) | 0.017 | ||
Creatine kinase >150 IU/L | 19 (66) | 46 (29) | 21 (28) | 4.9 (2.0–12.2) | 0.001 | 1.2 (0.6–1.9) | 0.861 | 4.6 (2.0–10.7) | <0.001 | ||
BUN >22 mg/dL | 15 (48) | 35 (19) | 20 (22) | 3.4 (1.4–8.0) | 0.006 | 0.8 (0.5–1.6) | 0.58 | 4.0 (1.8–8.9) | 0.001 | ||
Creatinine >1.2 mg/dL | 11 (35) | 22 (12) | 7 (8) | 6.7 (2.3–19.4) | <0.001 | 1.6 (0.7–4.0) | 0.277 | 4.1 (1.7–9.6) | 0.001 | ||
Sodium <135 mEq/L | 24 (77) | 71 (39) | 16 (17) | 16.3 (6.0–44.3) | <0.001 | 3.0 (1.6–5.6) | <0.001 | 5.4 (2.2–13.2) | <0.001 | ||
Chloride <98 mEq/L | 17 (55) | 37 (22) | 15 (16) | 6.2 (2.5–15.3) | <0.001 | 1.4 (0.7–2.7) | 0.302 | 4.4 (2.0–9.7) | <0.001 | ||
CRP >10 mg/dL | 16 (52) | 32 (18) | 34 (40) | 1.6 (0.7–3.7) | 0.266 | 0.3 (0.2–0.6) | <0.001 | 5.0 (2.2–11.1) | <0.001 | ||
Urine protein | 27 (87) | 116 (75) | 34 (62) | 4.2 (1.3–13.6) | 0.018 | 1.8 (1.0–3.5) | 0.068 | 2.3 (0.7–6.9) | 0.148 | ||
Urine blood |
29 (94) |
122 (79) |
31 (56) |
11.2 (2.4–51.8) |
0.002 |
2.9 (1.5–5.5) |
0.002 |
3.9 (0.9–17.3) |
0.071 |
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Treatment and prognosis | |||||||||||
Duration of illness§ <5 d | 16 (59) | 74 (39) | 24 (27) | 4.0 (1.6–9.8) | 0.002 | 1.8 (1.0–3.1) | 0.039 | 2.2 (1.0–5.1) | 0.054 | ||
Treatment: MINO/DOXY | 31 (100) | 180 (99) | 42 (91) | Not applicable | 0.144¶ | 17.1 (1.9–157.4) | 0.012 | Not applicable | 1.000¶ | ||
Delayed defervescence# | 11 (37) | 17 (13) | 30 (67) | 0.3 (0.1–0.8) | 0.012 | 0.1 (0–0.2) | <0.001 | 3.8 (1.5–9.3) | 0.004 | ||
Hospitalization | 28 (90) | 104 (55) | 80 (82) | 2.0 (0.5–7.3) | 0.302 | 0.3 (0.1–0.5) | <0.001 | 7.5 (2.2–25.7) | 0.001 | ||
30-d mortality | 0 | 1 (1) | 2 (2) | Not applicable | 1.000§ | 0.3 (0–3.0) | 0.287 | Not applicable | 1.000¶ |
*ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; BT, body temperature; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; CRP, C-reactive protein; DOXY, doxycycline; F, female patients; Hb, hemoglobin; JSF, Japanese spotted fever; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; M, male patients; MINO, minocycline; non-R, nonrickettsial diseases; OR, odds ratio; ST, scrub typhus.
†Non-R = reference.
‡ST = reference.
§Duration from the onset of symptoms to the first diagnostic test.
¶Fisher exact tests.
#>3 d to decline of fever <37.3°C.