Clinical and laboratory features in the early stage of severe acute respiratory syndrome

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-53

  Fan, Cheng Kuo ^a   Yieh, Kuo Ming ^b   Peng, Ming Yieh ^b   Lin, Jung Chung ^b   Wang, Ning Chi ^b   Chang, Feng Yee ^b  

^a Provincial Tao Yuan Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biological markers; Early diagnosis; SARS virus infection; Severe acute respiratory syndrome; Signs and symptoms

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATINE KINASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; MYALGIA; PATIENT CARE; RHINORRHEA; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SARS CORONAVIRUS; TAIWAN; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COUGH; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; SARS VIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TAIWAN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33645317939     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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