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. 2014 Dec 10;9:185. doi: 10.1186/s13023-014-0185-6

Table 2.

Clinical characteristics of all reported infantile BP cases, including own patient cohort

No of cases N = 81 Comments
Mean (median) age/age range 4.5 (4) months/1–12 months
Gender M/F 39/38 (4 unknown)
Extent of skin in involvement
• Localized/mild disease (+/− few disseminated plaques) N = 10 (12.3%)
• Generalized/moderately severe and severe disease N = 68 (83.9%)
• N/A N = 3 (3.7%)
• Involvement of hands and feet N = 81 (100%)
Involvement of oral mucosa (with generalized disease) N = 12 (14.8%) All children with oral lesions had generalized skin involvement
Severe disease N = 5
No of children vaccinated prior to onset N = 25 (30.8%) Latency between vaccination and onset of disease: 1 day - 4 weeks
• DPTP +/− others, N = 22
• Rotavirus, N = 2
• DPTP plus Rotavirus N = 1
No of patients with a relapse N = 12 (14.8%)
Outcome
• Cured N = 76 (93.8%) Patient had congenital immune deficiency
• In remission under treatment at time of report N = 3 (3.7%)
• Still symptomatic at time of report N = 1 (1.2%)
• Death N = 1 (1.2%)

N/A: Not Available; DPTP: Diphteria, Pertussis, Tetanus, Poliovirus.