title: SARS clinical features, United States, 2003.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
authors.forename: Padmini
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Srikantiah
authors.forename: Myrna D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Charles
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Reagan
authors.forename: Thomas A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: Mathias W R
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Pletz
authors.forename: Priti R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Robert M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Hoekstra
authors.forename: Jairam
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lingappa
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Jernigan
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fischer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D045473:Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000821:virology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology