Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Singapore: Clinical features of index patient and initial contacts

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 713-717

  Hsu, Li Yang ^a   Lee, Cheng Chuan ^a   Green, Justin A ^a   Ang, Brenda ^a   Paton, Nicholas I ^a   Lee, Lawrence ^a   Villacian, Jorge S ^a   Lim, Poh Lian ^a   Earnest, Arul ^a   Leo, Yee Sin ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; HYDROCORTISONE; LEVOFLOXACIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OSELTAMIVIR; RIBAVIRIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALAISE; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHINORRHEA; RIGOR; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SINGAPORE; SORE THROAT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRUS INFECTION; VOMITING;

EID: 0037783502     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0906.030264     Document Type: Article

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