title: Late recognition of SARS in nosocomial outbreak, Toronto.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Tamara
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wallington
authors.forename: L Clifford
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.forename: Zahid
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Abbas
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Christian
authors.forename: Donald E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Low
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gravel
authors.forename: Marianna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ofner
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mederski
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: Cheryl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Harrison
authors.forename: Arlene
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yaffe
authors.forename: Theresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tam
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral