Volume 24, Number 10—October 2018
Research Letter
Severe Respiratory Illness Outbreak Associated with Human Coronavirus NL63 in a Long-Term Care Facility
Julie Hand, Erica Billig Rose, Andrea Salinas, Xiaoyan Lu, Senthilkumar K. Sakthivel, Eileen Schneider, and John T. Watson
Table
Signs and symptoms reported by case-patients with severe respiratory illness during outbreak associated with human coronavirus NL63 in long-term care facility, by hospitalization status, Louisiana, USA, November 1–18, 2017
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Sign or symptom
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No. (%) case-patients with severe respiratory illness, N = 20
|
Case-patients with lower respiratory tract infection, no. (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total, n = 16 | Hospitalized, n = 6 | Nonhospitalized, n = 10 | ||
| Cough | 19 (95) | 15 (94) | 5 (83) | 10 (100) |
| Chest congestion | 13 (65) | 9 (56) | 1 (17) | 8 (80) |
| Shortness of breath | 5 (25) | 4 (25) | 3 (50) | 1 (10) |
| Wheezing | 3 (15) | 3 (19) | 3 (50) | 0 |
| Fever* | 3 (15) | 3 (19) | 1 (17) | 2 (20) |
| Altered mental status | 2 (10) | 2 (13) | 2 (33) | 0 |
*Fever as recorded in patient medical charts.
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