TABLE 2.
Distribution of patients included in the present study by diagnostic scores and the results of tests performed on skin biopsy specimens
| Patient score | No. of patients tested | No. of patients with:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive culture result | Positive regular PCR result | Positive suicide PCR result | Rickettsia species identifiedb | ||
| Definite cases | |||||
| MSF | 48 (49)a | 12 (12) | 21 (21) | 30 (30) | Rc |
| ATBF | 25 (34) | 13 (14) | 14 (16) | 22 (25) | Raf |
| TIBOLA | 12 (12) | 1 (1) | 3 (3) | 7 (7) | Rslo |
| “R. sibirica mongolotimonae” | 5 (5) | 4 (4) | 5 (5) | 5 (5) | Rm |
| “R. conorii caspia” | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | AFR |
| “R. sibirica sibirica” | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | R sib |
| R. aeschlimannii | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | Raes |
| Possible cases | 104 (109) | 0 | 0 | 17 (17) | Rc (n = 8), Raf (n = 3), Rslo (n = 5), Raes (n = 1) |
| Other diagnoses | 49 (50) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
a
For each variable, the number of biopsy specimens is indicated in parentheses.
b
Rc, “R. conorii conorii”; Raf, R. africae; Rslo, R. slovaca; Rm, “R. sibirica mongolotimonae”; Raes, R. aeschlimannii; AFR, “R. conorii caspia”; Rsib, “R. sibirica sibirica.”