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Table 1 Clinical profile of 33 measles patients admitted to the UMU THA, 2013–14

From: The 2013 measles outbreak in Sri Lanka: experience from a rural district and implications for measles elimination goals

Clinical features

N(%)

Fever on admission

33(100)

Rash on admission

27(81.8)

Rash developed after admission

6(18.2)

Generalized rash

31(93.9)

First appearance of rash

 

 Face

17(51.5)

 Trunk

14(42.4)

 Extremities (arms and legs)

2(6.1)

Cough

33(100)

Conjunctivitis

31(93.9)

Coryza

29(87.9)

Diarrhoea

26(78.8)

Posterior cervical lymphadenopathy

23(69.7)

Features of pneumonia

30(90.9)

Hepatomegaly

14(42.4)

Koplik’s spots

8(24.2)