From: Bartonella spp. seroprevalence in tick-exposed Swedish patients with persistent symptoms
Symptoms | Patients positive for anti-Bartonella spp. IgG antibodies (n = 16) | Patients negative for anti-Bartonella spp. IgG antibodies (n = 32) | Total (n = 48) |
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Fatigue | 15 (94%) | 27 (84%) | 42 (88%) |
Sleeping problems | 11 (69%) | 25 (78%) | 36 (75%) |
Headache | 9 (56%) | 24 (75%) | 33 (69%) |
Cognitive symptoms | 10 (63%) | 28 (88%) | 38 (79%) |
Dizziness | 5 (31%) | 19 (59%) | 24 (50%) |
Vertigo/motion sickness | 3 (19%) | 12 (38%) | 15 (31%) |
Falling sensation | 3 (19%) | 8 (25%) | 11 (23%) |
Stinging/burning sensation | 7 (44%) | 14 (44%) | 21 (44%) |
Previous Bell’s palsy (reported by patient) | 1 (6%) | 7 (22%) | 8 (17%) |
Contact hypersensitivity | 5 (31%) | 7 (22%) | 12 (25%) |
Sound sensitivity | 6 (38%) | 16 (50%) | 22 (46%) |
Other hearing symptoms | 8 (50%) | 19 (59%) | 27 (56%) |
Light sensitivity | 5 (31%) | 10 (31%) | 15 (31%) |
Other visual symptoms | 7 (44%) | 16 (50%) | 23 (48%) |
Psychiatric symptomsa | 9 (56%) | 24 (75%) | 33 (69%) |
Muscular symptoms | 14 (88%) | 26 (81%) | 40 (83%) |
Arthralgia | 13 (81%) | 27 (84%) | 40 (83%) |
Back pain | 10 (63%) | 20 (63%) | 30 (63%) |
Joint stiffness | 10 (63%) | 21 (66%) | 31 (65%) |
Neck stiffness | 9 (56%) | 22 (69%) | 31 (65%) |
Joint swelling | 7 (44%) | 12 (38%) | 19 (40%) |
Enlarged lymph nodes (reported by patient) | 5 (31%) | 6 (19%) | 11 (23%) |
Fever (reported by patient) | 2 (13%) | 13 (41%) | 15 (31%) |