Severe acute respiratory syndrome: Relapse? Hospital infection? [2]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1180-1181

  Tsang, Owen Tak Yin ^a   Chau, Tai Nin ^a   Choi, Kin Wing ^a   Tso, Eugene Yuk Keung ^a   Lim, Wilina ^b   Chiu, Ming Chi ^a   Tong, Wing Lok ^a   Lee, Po Oi ^a   Lam, Bosco Hoi Shiu ^a   Ng, Tak Keung ^a   Lai, Jak Yiu ^a   Yu, Wai Cho ^a   Lai, Sik To ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b Public Health Laboratory Center   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CLARITHROMYCIN; HYDROCORTISONE; LOPINAVIR; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RIBAVIRIN; RITONAVIR;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANTIBODY TITER; CASE REPORT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONAVIRUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; LETTER; MALAISE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SPUTUM CULTURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRUS CULTURE;

EID: 0042817946     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0909.030395     Document Type: Letter

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