SARS clinical features, United States, 2003

Padmini Srikantiah; Myrna D Charles; Sarah Reagan; Thomas A Clark; Mathias W R Pletz; Priti R Patel; Robert M Hoekstra; Jairam Lingappa; John A Jernigan; Marc Fischer

doi:10.3201/eid1101.040585

SARS clinical features, United States, 2003

Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 Jan;11(1):135-8. doi: 10.3201/eid1101.040585.

Authors

Padmini Srikantiah¹, Myrna D Charles, Sarah Reagan, Thomas A Clark, Mathias W R Pletz, Priti R Patel, Robert M Hoekstra, Jairam Lingappa, John A Jernigan, Marc Fischer

Affiliation

¹ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.

Abstract

We compared the clinical features of 8 U.S. case-patients with laboratory-confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) to 65 controls who tested negative for SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV) infection. Shortness of breath, vomiting, diarrhea, progressive bilateral infiltrates on chest radiograph, and need for supplemental oxygen were significantly associated with confirmed SARS-CoV infection.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Adult
Communicable Diseases, Emerging / diagnosis
Communicable Diseases, Emerging / epidemiology
Communicable Diseases, Emerging / physiopathology
Communicable Diseases, Emerging / virology
Disease Outbreaks
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / diagnosis
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / epidemiology
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / physiopathology*
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / virology
Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus / pathogenicity*
United States / epidemiology