Diarrhea in medical care workers with severe acute respiratory syndrome

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 880-882

  Chiu, Yi Chun ^a   Wu, Keng Liang ^a   Chou, Yeh Pin ^a   Fong, Tze Vun ^a   Tsai, Tung Lung ^a   Kuo, Chung Mou ^a   Kuo, Chung Huang ^a   Chiu, King Wah ^a,b   Liu, Jhien Wei ^a   Eng, Hock Liew ^a   Jawan, Bruno ^a   Cheng, Yu Fan ^a   Chen, Chao Long ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Intestinal viral load; Severe acute respiratory syndrome; Transmission route

Indexed keywords

CEFUROXIME; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MOXIFLOXACIN; RIBAVIRIN; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONAVIRUS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VERNER MORRISON SYNDROME; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SARS VIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TAIWAN; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 6944244845     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200411000-00009     Document Type: Article

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