Demographic and clinical information of the fatal and control groups*.

*Data are number of patients (%), unless stated otherwise. DSS = Dengue shock syndrome; COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; GI = gastrointestinal; n/N = no. of patients/no. of patients with data available.†An individual patient might have more than one underlying disease/condition.‡One patient with lung cancer found in the fatal group; 2 patients with breast cancer and 1 with esophagus cancer found in the control group,.§One patient with hypovolemia had a concurrent Enterococcus faecalis bacteremia.¶Blood culture was available in 8 patients; one of them experienced Klebsiella pneumoniae meningitis and the other primary E. faecalis bacteremia, and shock was found in both.**The patient had primary Rosemonas bacteremia.††Primary K. pneumoniae bacteremia was found in 1 patient the fatal group, and in 2 patients in the control group.‡‡Three patients concurrently had pulmonary edema.§§One lung cancer patient developed pulmonary edema in day 16 of his hospitalization.¶¶An individual patient might have more than one symptom and/or sign.***One originally febrile patient developed hypothermia during hospital stay.†††Three (75%) patients experienced massive GI bleeding.