Late recognition of SARS in nosocomial outbreak, Toronto.
Late recognition of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) was associated with no known SARS contact, hospitalization before the nosocomial outbreak was recognized, symptom onset while hospitalized, wards with SARS clusters, and postoperative status. SARS is difficult to recognize in hospitalized patients with a variety of underlying conditions in the absence of epidemiologic links.
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Public Health Agency of Canada, Room 3444, Building # 6. AL: 0603B, Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa, Ontario K1A OL2, Canada. tom_wong@phac-aspc.gc.ca
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D000368:Aged; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009864:Ontario / Q000453:epidemiology; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D045473:Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus / Q000254:growth & development*; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology
D012367:RNA, Viral