Table II.

Clinical and laboratory parameters of febrile patients (n=41)

Clinical/laboratory findings	QF positive (n=19)	QF negative (n=22)	Total (n=41)
Fever ≤14 days	19	22	41
Chills and rigor	12	14	26
Myalgia	13	8	21
Headache	8	8	16
Cough and expectoration	5	5	10
Abdominal pain	8	6	14
Hepatomegaly	3	5	8
Splenomegaly	7*	1	8
Malaise	2	4	6
Nausea	4	4	8
Vomiting	5	9	14
Pneumonitis	2	2	4
Lymphadenopathy	-	1	1
Endocarditis	-	1	1
Leucocytosis (>11,000/µl)	5	3	8
Low platelet count (≤150,000 millions/ml)	6	5	11
Increased liver enzymes (AST/ALP/AP)	4	3	7
RF (n=15)	-	-	-
CRP (n=18)	1	-	1

*P<0.05. AST, aspartate transferase; ALT, alanine transferase; AP, alkaline phosphatase; RF, rheumatoid factor; CRP, C-reactive protein; QF, Q fever