Patient characteristics infected with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection in a tertiary hospital

Annals of Thoracic Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 128-131

  Alraddadi, Basem ^a   Bawareth, Noha ^a   Omar, Haneen ^a   Alsalmi, Hanadi ^a   Alshukairi, Abeer ^a   Qushmaq, Ismael ^a   Feteih, Maun ^a   Qutob, Mohammed ^a   Wali, Ghassan ^a   Khalid, Imran ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Characteristics; Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus; patient

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; CHILD; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; COUGHING; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DYSPNEA; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMOPTYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; MORTALITY; MORTALITY RATE; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NEUTROPENIA; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SORE THROAT; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VOMITING;

EID: 84964848855     PISSN: 18171737     EISSN: 19983557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1817-1737.180027     Document Type: Article

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