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Positivity rates for nested PCR at various times after antibiotic treatment in 129 patients with confirmed scrub typhus
| Days following antibiotic administration | No. with nested PCR result:
|
Positivity rate, % (SE) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | ||
| 0 | 105 | 11 | 90.5 (2.7) |
| 1-3 | 23 | 15 | 60.5 (7.9) |
| 4-6 | 7 | 63 | 10 (3.6) |
| 7-9 | 2 | 17 | 10.5 (7.0) |
| 10-12 | 1 | 17 | 5.6 (5.4) |
| 13-15 | 1 | 24 | 4 (3.9) |
| 16-30 | 0 | 21 | 0 (0) |
