Table 4 |
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Presumptive diagnoses of SAE cases reported to have occurred following ivermectin mass treatment from 1989 to 2001* |
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| Presumptive Diagnosis† |
No. of cases within diagnostic category (% of total no. of cases) |
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| Neurologic impairment |
110 (53.1) |
| Mild Mazzotti reaction |
43 (20.8) |
| Other or insufficient information to assign presumptive diagnosis |
22 (10.6) |
| Severe Mazzotti reaction |
17 (8.2) |
| Functional impairment with normal mental status |
6 (2.9) |
| Gastrointestinal illness |
5 (2.4) |
| Anaphylactic reaction |
3 (1.5) |
| Respiratory illness (except asthma attack in a known asthmatic which falls into the
category of Severe Mazzotti reaction) |
1 (0.5) |
| Cardiovascular illness (except hypotension which falls into the category of Severe
Mazzotti reaction |
0 (0) |
| Total |
207 (100) |
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*cases reported as of August 31, 2002; †see Table 3 for definitions of presumptive diagnoses. |
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