Table 2

Clinical details of the patients

Patient number	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Real-time PCR	+	+	+	+	+	+	–	–	–	–
Age(years)	4 months	3	11	13	15	16	1	1.5	3	16
Sex	Male	Male	Male	Male	Male	Male	Male	Female	Female	male
Hypotension	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Tachycardia on admission	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Tachypnoea on admission	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chief complaint(s)	Fever and letharginess	Fever and cough	Fever and abdominal pain and decreased LOC	Fever and letharginess	Fever and cough	Fever and cough	Fever and letharginess	Fever and cough	Fever and cough	Fever and cough
Previous illness	Cerebral Shunt	Negative	Negative	Cerebral palsy	Negative	Wegener granolomatosis	UPJO with nephrostomy	Negative	Immunodeficiency*	Cerebral palsy
Convulsion	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
Decreased LOC	Negative	Negative	Positive	Positive	Negative	Negative	Negative	Negative	Negative	Negative
Mechanical ventilation	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
ARDS classification	Severe	Moderate	Severe	Severe	Moderate	Severe	Severe	Moderate	Severe	Severe
History of contact	Negative	Positive	Positive	Negative	Positive	Negative	Negative	Positive	Positive	Negative
Died	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes

*Immunodeficiency 10 is an autosomal recessive primary immunodeficiency characterised by the onset of recurrent infections in childhood due to defective T- and NK-cell function although the severity is variable.22
ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome; LOC, level of consciousness; UPJO, ureteropelvic junction obstruction.