Table 1.

Demographic Information and Medical History of Case Patients^*

Age, yr	Gender	Ethnicity	Duration of US Residence	Comorbidities	Respiratory Symptoms at Presentation	Asthma Diagnosis	Outcome and Sequelae
42	Female	Cambodian	6 mo	Asthma; hepatitis B	Productive cough	3 yr prior	Complete recovery; recurrent rash despite repeated treatment
24	Male	Hmong	3 yr	Asthma	Wheezing; pleuritic chest pain; shortness of breath	1 mo prior	Complete recovery; follow-up unknown
34	Male	Hmong	> 5 yr	Hepatitis B	Productive cough; wheezing; shortness of breath	None	Survived acute event but had severe pulmonary hypertension
52	Male	Vietnamese	> 5 yr	Uveitis; hepatitis C	Wheezing; shortness of breath	None	Complete recovery with severe malnutrition
46	Female	Hmong	8 yr	Asthma; hypertension; chronic renal insufficiency	Wheezing; shortness of breath	10 yr prior	Survived acute event; died of cerebrovascular accident shortly after
69	Male	Hmong	4 yr	COPD; hypothyroidism	Productive cough; wheezing; shortness of breath; pleuritic chest pain	None	Death on day 8
72	Male	Laotian	7 yr	Asthma; hypertension	Shortness of breath; pleuritic chest pain	1.5 mo prior	Perforated bowel and death
76	Male	Vietnamese	> 5 yr	Diabetes mellitus, hypertension; aspergillosis	None	1 mo prior	Complete recovery; 48 h in ICU; follow-up unknown
34	Female	Hmong	4 yr	Asthma; hepatitis B	Cough	6 mo prior	Death on day 12

^*All patients were receiving corticosteroids ranging from 7 days to 4 years.