Table 1 Nine vignettes on the types of infection transmission

Mr. Cho (M/70)

Dx: Lung cancer

O₂: Ventilator

Fever: 38.9°C

Culture: CPE

MICU care, severe diarrhea, antibiotics injection

Baby Song (M/10 m)

Dx: Pertussis

Ward care, conjunctivitis, mild fever, coughing with a distinctive "whooping" sound in inspiration and worse at night

Ms. Lee (F/45)

Dx: Lung Tuberculosis

Fever: 38.0°C

Culture: TB

Weight loss, anorexia, coughing

Ms. Cheon (F/51)

Dx: Terminal ovarian cancer

Fever: 38.0°C

Culture: CDI

ICU care, severe abdominal pain after chemotherapy

Ms. Yoon (F/29)

Dx: Influenza (H1N1)

Fever: 39.0°C

ER admission, coughing, myalgia

Ms. Park (F/40)

Dx: Acute myeloid leukemia, bone marrow transplantation (6 months ago)

Fever: 38.7°C

ER admission, itchy blister rash on trunk Newly diagnosed with Chicken pox

Mr. Kang (M/31)

Dx: Hepatitis A (Anti-HAV IgM positive)

Single-bed isolation room care, high fever, myalgia, diarrhea

Mr. Baek (M/11)

Dx: Pertussis

Isolation room care, coughing, rhinorrhea, sputum

Nebulizer applied

Baby Kang (M/1 yr 6 m)

r/o Measles

Fever: 40.4°C

Transferred to ward, general weakness, rash on neck, trunk, and extremities

Measles IgM/IgG, PCR done, waiting for results