High fatality rates and associated factors in two hospital outbreaks of MERS in Daejeon, the Republic of Korea

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue , 2017, Pages 37-42

  Nam, Hae Sung ^a   Park, Jung Wan ^b   Ki, Moran ^c   Yeon, Mi Yeon ^a   Kim, Jin ^a   Kim, Seung Woo ^b  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

^c National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hospital; Korea; Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus; Mortality; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE FATALITY RATE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; KIDNEY DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; NEBULIZER; PNEUMONIA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOUTH KOREA; SPUTUM; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MORTALITY;

ADULT; AGED; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85016048924     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2017.02.008     Document Type: Article

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