Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension, and Death among 32 Patients with MERS-CoV Infection, Saudi Arabia

Diabetes mellitus and hypertension are recognized risk factors for severe clinical outcomes, including death, associated with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection. Among 32 virus-infected patients in Saudi Arabia, severity of illness and frequency of death corresponded closely with...

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Autores principales: Alanazi, Khalid H., Abedi, Glen R., Midgley, Claire M., Alkhamis, Abdulrahim, Alsaqer, Taghreed, Almoaddi, Abdullah, Algwizani, Abdullah, Ghazal, Sameeh S., Assiri, Abdullah M., Jokhdar, Hani, Gerber, Susan I., Alabdely, Hail, Watson, John T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6924889/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31855530
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2601.190952
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Sumario:Diabetes mellitus and hypertension are recognized risk factors for severe clinical outcomes, including death, associated with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection. Among 32 virus-infected patients in Saudi Arabia, severity of illness and frequency of death corresponded closely with presence of multiple and more severe underlying conditions.

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