title: [The first case of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Foshan].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the epidemiologic feature, diagnosis and treatment of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
  
  
  METHODS
  To describe the epidemiologic and clinical features of the first case of SARS in Foshan city, Guangdong province retrospectively, and to review the diagnostic procedure.
  
  
  RESULTS
  This case had the following features: (1) a history of contact with mild cats and eating the animal's meat; (2) high fever (temperature, > 38 degrees C), followed by dry cough, rapid progression to respiratory failure, followed by radiographic evidence of bilateral air-space lesions; (3) no leukocytosis; (4) spread to 4 family members who had had direct contact with this patient; (5) the patient's serum SARS virus IgG was confirmed to be positive; (6) the patient was treated with anti-viral agents, antibiotics and mechanical ventilation and molecular adsorbent re-circulating system (MARS).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The clinical manifestations of the SARS case, which was highly infectious, met world health organization (WHO) criteria for the diagnosis of SARS. Early initiation of mechanical ventilation and supportive therapy contributed to the good prognosis of this critical case.
authors: Intensive Care Unit of The First People's Hospital of Foshan City Guangdong Province, Foshan 528000, China.
authors: Li-xin
authors: LX
authors: Zhou
authors: Jia-ju
authors: JJ
authors: Tan
authors: Min
authors: M
authors: Wu
authors: Hong-tao
authors: HT
authors: Luo
authors: Tie-ou
authors: TO
authors: Yu
authors: Ping
authors: P
authors: Kang
authors: Bin
authors: B
authors: Fang
authors: Yi-nan
authors: YN
authors: Li
authors: Wei-biao
authors: WB
authors: Wen
authors: Yi-cheng
authors: YC
authors: Zou
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy