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Case Reports
. 2004 Feb;10(2):339-41.
doi: 10.3201/eid1002.030645.

Index patient and SARS outbreak in Hong Kong

Raymond S M Wong  1 , David S Hui
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Case Reports

Index patient and SARS outbreak in Hong Kong

Raymond S M Wong et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2004 Feb.

Abstract

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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Chest radiographs performed A, at admission, B, on day 4, and C, on day 16 of hospitalization for index SARS case-patient, Prince of Wales Hospital.
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Comment in

  • SARS patients and need for treatment.
    Chan JW, Lee S. Chan JW, et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2004 Oct;10(10):1877-8. doi: 10.3201/eid1010.040091. Emerg Infect Dis. 2004. PMID: 15515244 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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