Characteristics of patients admitted to the emergency department due to tick bite
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Tarih
2014
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Erişim Hakkı
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Özet
Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a tick-borne disease endemic in Turkey since 2002. Çorum is one of the leading five cities in Turkey in which CCHF disease is seen most. We studied characteristics of the patients with tick bites in our emergency department (ED) and determined the fatality rate of the disease in city of Çorum for the first time. We retrospectively analysed the characteristics of the patients admitted to our ED from the medical files of 21,680 patients in a 5-year period. The number of patients with definite diagnosis and who have died was determined. Our results demonstrated that the fatality rate of CCHF in Çorum is 6.78%. Among 21,680 patients, blood samples of 970 patients were sent to an advanced centre in Ankara for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing. Results of 560 patients were reported to be PCR (+) and 38 of them have died. © 2014, SAGE Publications. All rights reserved.
Açıklama
Anahtar Kelimeler
Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Emergency Department, Fatality Rate
Kaynak
Tropical Doctor
WoS Q Değeri
N/A
Scopus Q Değeri
Q3
Cilt
44
Sayı
2
Künye
Erenler, A. K., Kulaksiz, F., Ülger, H., Erdem, M., Koçak, C., Söylemez, F., ... & Baydin, A. (2014). Characteristics of patients admitted to the emergency department due to tick bite. Tropical doctor, 44(2), 86-88.
