SARS Clinical Features, United States, 2003
subject: severe acute respiratory syndrome, SARS, SARS-associated coronavirus, clinical features, United States, case-control
description: We compared the clinical features of 8 U.S. case-patients with laboratory-confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) to 65 controls who tested negative for SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV) infection. Shortness of breath, vomiting, diarrhea, progressive bilateral infiltrates on chest radiograph, and need for supplemental oxygen were significantly associated with confirmed SARS-CoV infection.
creator: Padmini Srikantiah, Myrna D. Charles, Sarah Reagan, Thomas A. Clark, Mathias W.R. Pletz, Priti R. Patel, Robert M. Hoekstra, Jairam Lingappa, John A. Jernigan, Marc Fischer
source: Emerging Infectious Diseases
publisher: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
date: 2005
language: EN
identifier: DOI: 10.3201/eid1101.040585
coverage: Infectious and parasitic diseases, Medicine