Table 2. Key outcome findings.

Outcome	Findings in patients with untreated murine typhus
Days of fever	Range 12–22 days in 51 patients Mean of 15 days in 40 patients, 12.7 days in 60 patients
Complications	No complications (0%) among 47 Bedouin children Five (18%) “severe cases” (including the death) among 28 patients in the Middle East Forces Seven (54%) of 13 patients hospitalised in an outbreak in Panama, pronounced “stuporous condition” in 30.7% One (9%) case of encephalitis among 11 patients in a hospital in Israel Four (6.7%) of 60 patients with organ complications in a hospital in Spain
Mortality	3.6% (1 death) among 28 patients of the Middle East Forces 0.4% for the entire patient series (239 patients)