Index Patient and SARS Outbreak in Hong Kong

During the global outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2003, treatment was empiric. We report the case history of the index patient in a hospital outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong. The patient recovered after conventional antimicrobial therapy. Further studies are needed to address tr...

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Autores principales: Wong, Raymond S.M., Hui, David S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3322929/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15030708
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1002.030645
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description During the global outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2003, treatment was empiric. We report the case history of the index patient in a hospital outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong. The patient recovered after conventional antimicrobial therapy. Further studies are needed to address treatment of SARS, which has high attack and death rates.
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spelling pubmed-33229292012-04-17 Index Patient and SARS Outbreak in Hong Kong Wong, Raymond S.M. Hui, David S. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch During the global outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2003, treatment was empiric. We report the case history of the index patient in a hospital outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong. The patient recovered after conventional antimicrobial therapy. Further studies are needed to address treatment of SARS, which has high attack and death rates. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2004-02 /pmc/articles/PMC3322929/ /pubmed/15030708 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1002.030645 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3322929/
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