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. 2020 May;26(5):849–856. doi: 10.3201/eid2605.190745

Table 2. Main symptoms, signs, and analytical findings of 98 patients with tick-borne relapsing fever, Spain*.

Variable Value
Symptoms
Fever >38.5°C 97 (99)
Headache 58 (59)
Vomiting 34 (34.7)
Arthralgia 29 (30)
Abdominal pain 28 (28.6)
Myalgia 28 (28.6)
Chills 23 (23.6)
Diarrhea
6 (6.1)
Signs
Meningeal signs 7 (7.1)
Splenomegaly 7 (7.1)
Hepatomegaly 6 (6.1)
Exanthema 4 (4.1)
Jaundice 3 (3.1)
Petechiae 2 (2)
Conjunctival injection
2 (2)
Analytical findings
Median platelet count, × 103/mm3 (IQR) 63.5 (45.7–87.5)
Thrombocytopenia, platelets <13 × 104/mm3 91 (92.9)
Hemoglobin, g/dL (IQR) 13.1 (11.8–14.2)
Anemia 32 (32.6)
Leukocytes, ×103/mm3 (IQR) 7.9 (6.6–9.8)
Leukocytosis, >11,500/mm3 10 (10.2)
Neutrophils, median (IQR) 79.9 (74.5–86.4)
Neutrophilia, neutrophils >65% 91 (92.9)
Prothrombin activity, median (IQR) 77 (70–87)
Decreased prothrombin activity, <70% 7 (13.7)
Median INR (IQR) 1.2 (1.1–1.3)
INR elevation, >1.51 7 (13.7)
SGOT, U/L (IQR) 25 (20–35)
SGOT elevation, >37 U/L 15 (21.7)
SGPT, U/L (IQR) 25 (17–41)
SGPT elevation, >40 U/L 10 (23.3)
Total bilirubin, mg/dL (IQR) 1.1 (0.6–1.9)
Elevated bilirubin, >1.2 mg/dL 37 (37.8)
Lactate dehydrogenase, U/L(IQR) 397.5 (320.7–481.7)
Elevated LDH, >460 U/L 16 (30.8)
Creatinine, mg/dL (IQR) 0.94 (0.79–1.15)
Creatinine elevation, >1.2 mg/dL 15 (15.3)
Creatine kinase, U/L (IQR) 41 (27–75)
Elevated creatine kinase, >195 U/L 3 (14)
C-reactive protein, mg/L (IQR) 254.5 (218.2–335.3)
Elevated C-reactive protein, >5 mg/L
98 (100)
*Values are no. (%) except as indicated. INR, international normalized ratio; IQR, interquartile range; SGOT, serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase; SGPT, serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase.