title: Patient data, early SARS epidemic, Taiwan.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: National Taiwan University College of Medicine, No. 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Po-Ren
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Hsueh
authors.forename: Pei-Jer
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Cheng-Hsiang
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Hsiao
authors.forename: Shiou-Huei
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Yeh
authors.forename: Wern-Cherng
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Jiun-Ling
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Bor-Luen
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Chiang
authors.forename: Shan-Chwen
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Feng-Yee
authors.initials: FY
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Wing-Wai
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Chuan-Liang
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Kao
authors.forename: Pan-Chyr
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: 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