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Table 1 Demography and complications of 12 fatal varicella cases

From: Epidemiological characteristics of varicella from 2000 to 2008 and the impact of nationwide immunization in Taiwan

Year

Age

Sex

Underlying disease

Complications

2000

1

F

Nil

Encephalitis, septic shock

2000

1

M

Unspecified Enzymopathy

Pseudomonas septicemia

2000

4

F

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Septicemia

2001

5

F

Nil

Encephalitis, septicemia

2001

6

F

Nil

Sudden death

2002

3

F

Nil

Respiratory failure

2002

3

M

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Not mentioned

2003

2

F

Nil

Skin/soft tissue infections, streptococcal septicemia

2004

16

M

Nil

Skin/soft tissue infections, pneumonia, septicemia

2005

1

F

Nil

Reye's syndrome

2006

1

M

Severe combined immunodeficiency

Acute and subacute hepatic necrosis, gastrointestinal hemorrhage

2007

0

M

Pulmonary vascular anomaly

Hemoptysis, acute respiratory failure