SARS clinical features, United States, 2003.
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.
Srikantiah
Padmini
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
Charles
Myrna D
MD
Reagan
Sarah
S
Clark
Thomas A
TA
Pletz
Mathias W R
MW
Patel
Priti R
PR
Hoekstra
Robert M
RM
Lingappa
Jairam
J
Jernigan
John A
JA
Fischer
Marc
M
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