Volume 21, Number 8—August 2015
Dispatch
Extensive Nosocomial Transmission of Measles Originating in Cruise Ship Passenger, Sardinia, Italy, 2014
Table
Complications in 80 case-patients during a measles outbreak linked to a cruise ship passenger, Sardinia, Italy, February–July 2014
Complication | No. (%) case-patients |
---|---|
Diarrhea | 22 (27.5) |
Keratoconjunctivitis | 9 (11.3) |
Hepatitis* | 8 (10.0) |
Otitis media | 7 (8.8) |
Pneumonia | 7 (8.8) |
Stomatitis | 7 (8.8) |
Laryngotracheobronchitis | 3 (3.8) |
Respiratory insufficiency | 2 (2.5) |
Other | 2 (2.5) |
*Increased levels of aminotransferases but no jaundice.
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