Features discriminating SARS from other severe viral respiratory tract infections

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 121-129

  Rainer, T H ^a   Lee, N ^a   Ip, M ^a   Galvani, A P ^b   Antonio, G E ^a   Wong, K T ^a   Chan, D P N ^a   Ng, A W H ^a   Shing, K K ^a   Chau, S S L ^a   Mak, P ^a   Chan, P K S ^a   Ahuja, A T ^a   Hui, D S ^a   Sung, J J Y ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MYALGIA; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SPUTUM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX PAIN; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SARS VIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERO CELLS; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUSES;

EID: 33846839040     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-006-0246-4     Document Type: Article

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