Outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: Case report

BMJ

Volumn 326, Issue 7394, 2003, Pages 850-852

  Chan Yeung, Moira ^a   Yu, W C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; HYDROCORTISONE; LEVOFLOXACIN; MACROLIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; RIBAVIRIN;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONAVIRUS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG INDICATION; EMPIRICISM; EPIDEMIC; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION CONTROL; MORTALITY; OPEN LUNG BIOPSY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 0037454366     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.850     Document Type: Article

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