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Volume 23, Number 6—June 2017
Research

Hospital Outbreaks of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, Daejeon, South Korea, 2015

Jung Wan Park, Keon Joo Lee, Kang Hyoung Lee, Sang Hyup Lee, Jung Rae Cho, Jin Won Mo, Soo Young Choi, Geun Yong Kwon, Ji-Yeon Shin, Jee Young Hong, Jin Kim, Mi-Yeon Yeon, Jong Seok Oh, and Hae-Sung NamComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cheongju, South Korea (J.W. Park, K.J. Lee); Sokcho Medical Center, Sokcho, South Korea (K.H. Lee); Ulsan Metropolitan City Hall, Ulsan, South Korea (S.H. Lee); Daejeon Provincial Government, Daejeon, South Korea (J.R. Cho); Chuncheongbukdo Provincial Government, Cheongju (J.W. Mo); DaeChung Hospital, Daejeon (S.Y. Choi); Ministry of Health and Welfare, Sejong, South Korea (G.Y. Kwon); Eulji University School of Medicine, Daejeon (J.-Y. Shin); Konyang University College of Medicine, Daejeon (J.Y. Hong); Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon (J. Kim, M.-Y. Yeon, H.-S. Nam); Gwanggyo Ean Pediatric Clinic, Suwon, South Korea (J.S. Oh)

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Table 4

Case-fatality rates among all Middle East respiratory syndrome case-patients, Daejeon, South Korea, 2015

Concurrent condition
 Hospital A
Hospital B
Total
No. incident cases/ no. fatal cases
 Case-fatality rate, %
 No. incident cases/ no. fatal cases
 Case-fatality rate, %
 No. incident cases/ no. fatal cases
 Case-fatality rate, %
Total 14/4 28.6 11/7 63.6 25/11 44.0
Pulmonary 1/0 0 6/5 83.3 7/5 71.4
None or nonpulmonary 13/4 30.8 5/2 40 18/6 33.3

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