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Table 3 Reported complications in medical record research

From: Hospitalization due to varicella in the Netherlands

Complication

N

%

Complication

N

%

Neurological

  

Gastrointestinal tract

  

Cerebellitis, ataxia2

9

3.0%

Gastroenteritis1

21

7.1%

Febrile convulsion2

22

7.4%

Stomatitis1

13

4.4%

Convulsion without fever2

1

0.3%

(Imminent) dehydration1

57

19.3%

Meningitis/encephalitis2

7

2.4%

Liver disorder2

2

0.7%

Cerebral vasculitis/infart/bleeding2

1

0.3%

Secondary bacterial infections

  

Lower respiratory tract

  

Sepsis2

6

2.0%

Pneumonia2

22

7.4%

Osteomyelitis2

1

0.3%

Bronchitis1 or bronchiolitis2

6

2.0%

Bacterial arthritis2

4

1.4%

Upper respiratory tract, ENT and eye

  

Haematological/coagulation disorders

  

Otitis media1

16

5.4%

Thrombocytopenia2

5

1.7%

Faryngitis/tonsillitis1

10

3.4%

Coagulation disorder2

3

1.0%

Conjunctivitis1

7

2.4%

Leuco- and/or erythrocytopenia/anaemia1

8

2.7%

Skin/subcutis

  

Other complications

  

Bacterial super infections of skin lesions1

82

27.7%

Reactive arthritis2

1

0.3%

Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome2

1

0.3%

Other1/2

15

5.1%

Erythema multiforme exsudativum1

1

0.3%

   

Necrotizing fasciitis2

1

0.3%

   
  1. 1 = relatively moderate complication, 2 = relatively severe complication