Rickettsiosis with Pleural Effusion: A Systematic Review with a Focus on Rickettsiosis in Italy
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Infections in Italy
3.2. Complications of Infections Reported in Italy
3.3. Pleural Effusion
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Number of Patients | 2785 |
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Adults (>18y) | 192 |
Children | 1204 |
Age not reported | 1389 |
Mean age | 12.3 years |
Mean age of adults | 47.7 years |
Mean age of children | 5.9 years |
Male | 856 |
Female | 540 |
Male/Female ratio | 1.6 |
Sex not reported | 1399 |
Symptoms | |
Fever | 96.1% |
Rash | 95.8% |
Tache noire | 70.0% |
Arthromyalgia | 31.6% |
Lymphadenopathy | 39.4% |
Headache | 22.3% |
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Guccione, C.; Rubino, R.; Colomba, C.; Anastasia, A.; Caputo, V.; Iaria, C.; Cascio, A. Rickettsiosis with Pleural Effusion: A Systematic Review with a Focus on Rickettsiosis in Italy. Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2022, 7, 11. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed7010011
Guccione C, Rubino R, Colomba C, Anastasia A, Caputo V, Iaria C, Cascio A. Rickettsiosis with Pleural Effusion: A Systematic Review with a Focus on Rickettsiosis in Italy. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 2022; 7(1):11. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed7010011
Chicago/Turabian StyleGuccione, Cristoforo, Raffaella Rubino, Claudia Colomba, Antonio Anastasia, Valentina Caputo, Chiara Iaria, and Antonio Cascio. 2022. "Rickettsiosis with Pleural Effusion: A Systematic Review with a Focus on Rickettsiosis in Italy" Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease 7, no. 1: 11. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed7010011