Table 5

Agreement between the various classification systems and classification by the treating physician.*



Classification by treating physician





DSS
DHF
DF

WHO classification system
DSS
57
0
0

DHF
23
52
0

DF
11
1
8
Bleeding and thrombocytopenia
DSS
59
0
0

DHF
23
52
5

DF
9
1
3
Bleeding and haemoconcentration
DSS
58
0
0

DHF
23
53
0

DF
10
0
8
Haemoconcentration and thrombocytopenia
DSS
63
0
0

DHF
25
52
0

DF
3
1
8
Bleeding and thrombocytopenia or haemoconcentration
DSS
60
0
0

DHF
23
53
5

DF
8
0
3
Thrombocytopenia and haemoconcentration or bleeding
DSS
65
0
0

DHF
25
52
5

DF
1
1
3
Haemoconcentration and bleeding or thrombocytopenia
DSS
64
0
0

DHF
25
53
0

DF
2
0
8

* DF, denotes dengue fever; DHF, denotes dengue haemorrhagic fever; DSS, denotes dengue shock syndrome; WHO, denotes World Health Organization.

Setiati et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2007 7:22   doi:10.1186/1471-2334-7-22