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Table 1 Characteristics of 239 patients investigated for Neoehrlichia mikurensis

From: Neoehrlichia mikurensis in Danish immunocompromised patients: a retrospective cohort study

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Number of patients 

Age, median (IQR)

65 (51–73)

 Male: Female

139:100

 Received immunosuppressive therapy within one year prior to blood sampling, n(%)

91 (38)

Treatment

 Monoclonal anti-CD20 antibodies, n(%)

197 (82.4)

 TNF-α inhibitors1, n(%)

27 (11.3)

 Other2, n(%)

15 (6.3)

Diagnoses

 Lymphoma3, n(%)

106 (44.3)

 Chronic lymphocytic leukemia, n(%)

57 (23.7)

 Acute lymphocytic leukemia, n(%)

10 (4.2)

 Chronic myeloid leukemia, n(%)

8 (3.3)

 Acute myeloid leukemia, n(%)

8 (3.3)

 Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, n(%)

7 (2.9)

 Myelodysplastic syndrome, n(%)

6 (2.5)

 Autoimmune hemolytic anemia, n(%)

4 (1.7)

 Arthritis4, n(%)

9 (3.7)

 Waldenström macroglobulinemia

8 (3.3)

 Wegener’s granulomatosis, n(%)

6 (2.5)

 Systemic lupus erythematosus, n(%)

4 (1.7)

 Other5, n(%)

7 (2.9)

  1. Abbreviations: IQR, interquartile range; n, number; TNF, tumor necrosis factor; GVHD, graft versus host disease.
  2. 1Adalimumab, Golimumab, Certolizumab, Eternacept
  3. 2Prednisolone, Cyclophosphamide, Methotrexate, Doxorubicin, Azacitidine, Bendamustine, Obinutuzumab, Nivolumab
  4. 3Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Follicular lymphoma
  5. 4Rheumatoid arthritis, Lupus arthritis, Spondyloarthritis
  6. 5Psoriasis, Graft versus host disease, Myelofibrosis