Role of laboratory variables in differentiating SARS-coronavirus from other causes of community-acquired pneumonia within the first 72 h of hospitalization

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 765-772

  Lee, N ^a   Rainer, T H ^a   Ip, M ^a   Zee, B ^a   Ng, M H ^a   Antonio, G E ^a   Chan, E ^a   Lui, G ^a   Cockram, C S ^a   Sung, J J ^a   Hui, D S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; VARIANCE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BILIRUBIN; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SARS VIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 33751256026     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-006-0222-z     Document Type: Article

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