Comparison of clinical course of patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome among the multiple generations of nosocomial transmission

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 14-18

  Wu, Wei ^a   Wang, Jing Feng ^a   Liu, Pin Ming ^a   Jiang, Shan Ping ^a   Chen, Qing Yu ^a   Chen, Wei Xian ^a   Yin, Song Mei ^a   Yan, Li ^a   Zhan, Jun ^a   Chen, Xi Long ^a   Li, Jian Guo ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chain of transmission; Clinical course; Nosocomial infection; Severe acute respiratory syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OSELTAMIVIR; OXYGEN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIBAVIRIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; GENDER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; LEUKOPENIA; LUNG INFILTRATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ADULT; CONTACT TRACING; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 10744220826     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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