Volume 22, Number 1—January 2016
Research
Multifacility Outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome in Taif, Saudi Arabia
Abdullah M. Assiri, Glen R. Abedi
, Abdulaziz A. Bin Saeed, Mutwakil A. Abdalla, Malak al-Masry, Abdul Jamil Choudhry, Xiaoyan Lu, Dean D. Erdman, Kathleen Tatti, Alison M. Binder, Jessica M. Rudd, Jerome I. Tokars, Congrong Miao, Hussain Alarbash, Randa Nooh, Mark A. Pallansch, Susan I. Gerber, and John T. Watson
, Abdulaziz A. Bin Saeed, Mutwakil A. Abdalla, Malak al-Masry, Abdul Jamil Choudhry, Xiaoyan Lu, Dean D. Erdman, Kathleen Tatti, Alison M. Binder, Jessica M. Rudd, Jerome I. Tokars, Congrong Miao, Hussain Alarbash, Randa Nooh, Mark A. Pallansch, Susan I. Gerber, and John T. Watson
Table 2
Selected characteristics of patients with laboratory-confirmed Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection, Taif, Saudi Arabia, August 2014–February 2015
| Patient no. | Cluster | Healthcare personnel | Date of symptom onset | Date of hospital admission | Date of first positive specimen | Date of death or discharge | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hospital A | No | 2014 Sep 5 | 2014 Sep 10 | 2014 Sep 10 | 2014 Sep 29 | Died |
| 2* | Hospital A | No | 2014 Sep 13 | 2008 Jan 1 | 2014 Sep 13 | 2014 Sep 20 | Died |
| 3 | Unlinked | No | 2014 Sep 13 | 2014 Sep 17 | 2014 Sep 17 | 2014 Oct 8 | Discharged |
| 4 | Hospital A | Yes | 2014 Sep 15 | 2014 Sep 21 | 2014 Sep 21 | 2014 Oct 27 | Discharged |
| 5 | Hospital A | No | 2014 Sep 17 | 2014 Sep 24 | 2014 Oct 5 | 2014 Oct 17 | Died |
| 6 | Hospital A | Yes | 2014 Sep 23 | 2014 Sep 23 | 2014 Sep 23 | 2014 Oct 3 | Died |
| 7 | Hospital C | No | 2014 Oct 1 | 2014 Oct 2 | 2014 Oct 3 | 2014 Dec 25 | Died |
| 8* | Hospital A | No | 2014 Oct 3 | 2014 Jun 30 | 2014 Oct 6 | 2014 Dec 15 | Died |
| 9 | Hospital B | No | 2014 Oct 4 | 2014 Oct 9 | 2014 Oct 10 | 2014 Oct 28 | Died |
| 10 | Hospital C | Yes | 2014 Oct 11 | 2014 Oct 14 | 2014 Oct 15 | 2014 Nov 6 | Discharged |
| 11† | Hospital B | No | 2014 Oct 13 | Unknown | 2014 Oct 15 | 2014 Nov 11 | Discharged |
| 12 | Hospital B | No | 2014 Oct 13 | 2014 Oct 16 | 2014 Oct 16 | 2014 Oct 19 | Died |
| 13 | Hospital B | No | 2014 Oct 14 | 2014 Oct 14 | 2014 Oct 14 | 2014 Oct 15 | Died |
| 14 | Hospital C | Yes | 2014 Oct 15 | 2014 Oct 18 | 2014 Oct 18 | 2014 Oct 23 | Discharged |
| 15 | Hospital B | No | 2014 Oct 16 | 2014 Oct 17 | 2014 Oct 18 | 2014 Oct 22 | Died |
| 16 | Hospital B | No | 2014 Oct 16 | 2014 Oct 23 | 2014 Oct 23 | 2014 Oct 30 | Discharged |
| 17‡ | Hospital B | Yes | – | 2014 Oct 25 | 2014 Oct 25 | 2014 Oct 30 | Discharged |
| 18 | Hospital B | No | 2014 Oct 16 | 2014 Oct 18 | 2014 Oct 27 | 2014 Oct 27 | Died |
| 19 | Hospital B | Yes | 2014 Oct 17 | 2014 Oct 27 | 2014 Oct 27 | 2014 Nov 2 | Discharged |
| 20 | Hospital B | Yes | 2014 Oct 17 | 2014 Oct 17 | 2014 Oct 26 | 2014 Nov 2 | Discharged |
| 21 | Hospital C | Yes | 2014 Oct 17 | 2014 Oct 21 | 2014 Oct 27 | 2014 Nov 3 | Discharged |
| 22 | Hospital B | No | 2014 Oct 18 | 2014 Oct 20 | 2014 Oct 19 | 2014 Oct 25 | Died |
| 23 | Hospital B | No | 2014 Oct 22 | 2014 Oct 22 | 2014 Oct 23 | 2014 Nov 4 | Died |
| 24 | Hospital B | Yes | 2014 Oct 22 | 2014 Oct 26 | 2014 Oct 26 | 2014 Nov 9 | Discharged |
| 25 | Hospital B | No | 2014 Oct 27 | 2014 Oct 27 | 2014 Oct 29 | 2014 Nov 12 | Discharged |
| 26 | Hospital B | No | 2014 Oct 27 | 2014 Oct 28 | 2014 Oct 28 | 2014 Nov 10 | Died |
| 27 | Hospital D | No | 2014 Nov 3 | 2014 Nov 1 | 2014 Nov 3 | 2014 Nov 10 | Died |
| 28‡ | Hospital D | Yes | – | 2014 Nov 5 | 2014 Nov 4 | 2014 Nov 11 | Discharged |
| 29 | Hospital D | No | 2014 Nov 8 | 2014 Nov 10 | 2014 Nov 11 | 2014 Dec 14 | Died |
| 30 | Hospital D | No | 2014 Nov 11 | 2014 Oct 21 | 2014 Nov 11 | 2014 Nov 20 | Died |
| 31 | Unlinked | No | 2014 Nov 15 | 2014 Nov 19 | 2014 Nov 20 | 2014 Dec 8 | Died |
| 32 | Hospital A | Yes | 2014 Nov 20 | 2014 Nov 20 | 2014 Nov 22 | 2014 Nov 27 | Died |
| 33 | Hospital A | Yes | 2014 Nov 24 | 2014 Nov 27 | 2014 Nov 27 | 2014 Dec 11 | Discharged |
| 34 | Hospital A | No | 2014 Nov 27 | 2014 Dec 2 | 2014 Dec 4 | 2014 Dec 25 | Discharged |
| 35 | Hospital A | Yes | 2014 Dec 10 | 2014 Dec 15 | 2014 Dec 15 | 2014 Dec 22 | Discharged |
| 36 | Unlinked | No | 2014 Dec 27 | 2014 Dec 31 | 2015 Jan 1 | 2015 Mar 3 | Died |
| 37 | Unlinked | No | 2014 Dec 28 | 2015 Jan 7 | 2015 Jan 6 | 2015 Jan 19 | Discharged |
| 38 | Unlinked | No | 2015 Jan 4 | 2015 Jan 9 | 2015 Jan 11 | 2015 Jan 20 | Died |
*Long-term care patient.
†Hospitalized only in Riyadh Governorate.
‡Patients had no reported symptoms so no date of onset; they were identified through routine testing of contacts of known patients.
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