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Case Reports
. 2003 Jun;9(6):713-7.
doi: 10.3201/eid0906.030264.

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Singapore: clinical features of index patient and initial contacts

Li-Yang Hsu  1 , Cheng-Chuan Lee, Justin A Green, Brenda Ang, Nicholas I Paton, Lawrence Lee, Jorge S Villacian, Poh-Lian Lim, Arul Earnest, Yee-Sin Leo
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Singapore: clinical features of index patient and initial contacts

Li-Yang Hsu et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2003 Jun.

Abstract

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is an emerging viral infectious disease. One of the largest outbreaks of SARS to date began in Singapore in March 2003. We describe the clinical, laboratory, and radiologic features of the index patient and the patient's initial contacts affected with probable SARS.

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Figure 1
Chest radiographs of index patient with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). a, day 5 of symptoms; b, day 10; c, day 13; d, day 15.
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Figure 2
Index and contact cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), by date of symptom onset.
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Figure 3
Chest radiographs of two patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). a–c: radiographs of patient 5 showing progression of changes. a, day 8 of symptoms; b, day 13 of symptoms, d, day 14 of symptoms. He died on day 19 of this illness. d, chest radiograph, taken on day 8 of symptoms, of patient 12, with right upper lobe infiltrates resembling pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) but laryngeal swab cultures for TB were negative.
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