A young infant with severe acute respiratory syndrome.
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), a new contagious respiratory disease associated with a novel coronavirus, has spread worldwide and become a global health concern after its first outbreak in Guangdong Province of the People's Republic of China in November 2002. The clinical presentation and the radiologic, hematologic, biochemical, and microbiologic findings of a 56-day-old male infant with SARS are described. Some clinical and laboratory features are similar to those reported in adult and pediatric patients. However, this infant had a more severe clinical course as compared with the older children. This is the youngest patient with symptomatic SARS reported to date.
Sit
Sou C
SC
Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital, Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong. jscsit@hotmail.com
Yau
Eric K C
EK
Lam
Yuen Y
YY
Ng
Daniel K K
DK
Fong
Nai C
NC
Hui
Yim W
YW
Cheng
Wai F
WF
Leung
Chi W
CW
Chiu
Man C
MC
D017668:Age of Onset; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000097:blood; D007964:Leukocytosis / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D009504:Neutrophils; D011859:Radiography; D012254:Ribavirin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000097:blood / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000998:Antiviral Agents; D012254:Ribavirin; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase