Table 3. Clinical and biological status of 51 patients with Chikungunya infection at successive follow-up delays, Laveran Military hospital, Marseille, France (M: month).
M1 | M2 | M3 | M5 | M7 | M10 | M13 | |
Patients with available status | 51 | 50 | 47 | 47 | 46 | 44 | 31 |
Symptomatic patients | 50 | 47 | 43 | 38 | 32 | 28 | 18 |
Cryoglobulemic/all tested patients | 13/15 | 16/17 | 11/13 | 10/15 | 11/18 | 9/13 | 10/19a |
Cryoglobulinemic patients/symptomatic tested patients | 12/14 | 16/17 | 10/12 | 8/11 | 8/13 | 5/9 | 8/13 |
Cryoglobulinemic patients/asymptomatic tested patients | 1/1 | - | 1/1 | 2/4 | 3/6 | 4/4 | 2/6 |
Patients with anti-CHIKV IgM /all tested patients | 18/18 | 17/17 | 12/12 | 12/15 | 12/16 | 5/12 | 2/18 |
Patients with both anti-CHIKV IgM & cryoglobulinemia/tested patients | 13/15 | 16/17 | 11/12 | 9/15 | 7/16 | 5/12 | 2/18b |
Patients with anti-CHIKV IgG/tested patients | 12/18 | 16/17 | 11/12 | 14/15 | 14/16 | 10/12 | 13/18 |
one patient underwent two cryoglobulin tests, the one performed one week after general corticotherapy is not presented here.
these two patients remained symptomatic even after 15 months.