Unusual presentation of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus leading to a large outbreak in Riyadh during 2017

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2018, Pages 1022-1025

  Amer, Hala ^a,b   Alqahtani, Abdulrahman S ^c   Alzoman, Hind ^a   Aljerian, Nawfal ^d,e   Memish, Ziad A ^d,f,g  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^c National Guard Health Affairs ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

^d KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^e KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^f ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^g EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

hemodialysis; Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; renal failure; superspreading; viral load

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INTUBATION; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NURSE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICIAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SCORING SYSTEM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROAT CULTURE; YEMENI; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; SAUDI ARABIA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 85045332189     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2018.02.023     Document Type: Article

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