Spontaneous splenic rupture associated with scrub typhus: a case report

Table 2 Comparison of splenic infarction and splenic rupture in scrub typhus

	Splenic rupture (n = 3)	Splenic infarction (n = 9)
Abdominal pain or diffuse abdominal tenderness	3/3	8/9
Time from symptom onset to splenic complications, days, median (range)^a	11 (5, 14)	7 (3, 15)
Only medical treatment	1/3	9/9
Splenectomy	2/3	0/9
Death	1/3	0/9

The figures in each cell refer to the number of subjects occurring among the total number of patients
^aMann–Whitney U test was used to assess time from symptom onset to splenic complications between 3 (3/3) patients with splenic rupture and 8 (8/9) patients with splenic infarction (P = 0.402)

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