Patient data, early SARS epidemic, Taiwan.
Of the first 10 patients in the epidemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Taiwan, 4 were closely associated with a SARS patient in an airplane. Loose stools or diarrhea, hemophagocytosis syndrome, and high serum levels of interleukin (IL)-6, IL-8, and tumor necrosis factor-a associated with lung lesions were found in all 10 patients.
Hsueh
Po-Ren
PR
National Taiwan University College of Medicine, No. 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan.
Chen
Pei-Jer
PJ
Hsiao
Cheng-Hsiang
CH
Yeh
Shiou-Huei
SH
Cheng
Wern-Cherng
WC
Wang
Jiun-Ling
JL
Chiang
Bor-Luen
BL
Chang
Shan-Chwen
SC
Chang
Feng-Yee
FY
Wong
Wing-Wai
WW
Kao
Chuan-Liang
CL
Yang
Pan-Chyr
PC
D000328:Adult; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000635:transmission*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000635:transmission*; D013624:Taiwan; D014195:Travel