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Volume 9, Number 10—October 2003
Dispatch

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome: Lessons from Singapore

Kamaljit Singh*Comments to Author , Li-Yang Hsu†, Jorge S. Villacian†, Abdulrazaq Habib*, Dale Fisher*, and Paul A. Tambyah*
Author affiliations: *National University Hospital, Singapore; †Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore

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Table 2

Admitting clinical characteristics of patients 8 through 14 with severe acute respiratory syndromea

Characteristic Patient
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Sex M F M F F F F
Age 63 74 72 28 24 28 21
Source Inpatient Inpatient Inpatient HCW HCW HCW HCW
Admission diagnosis Pneumonia; SARS contact Escherichia coli UTI;
SARS contact Pneumonia.
SARS contact Suspect SARS Suspect SARS Suspect SARS Suspect SARS
Co-illnesses IHD; DM;
hypertension IHD; DM;
hypertension;
cerebrovascular disease Dilated cardiomyopathy;
hypertension;
chronic renal failure None None None None
Symptoms
Cough - - - - - - -
Dyspnea - - - - - - -
Rhinorrhea - - - - - - -
Sore throat - - - - + - -
Headache - - - + - - +
Myalgia - - - + + + +
Fever + + + + + + +
Others
Temp. on admission (°C) 38.5 38.0 38.5 38.2 38.0 38.5 38.8
Physical signs
Crackles + - + - - - -
Chest x-ray findings Right basil infiltrates Bibasilar infiltrates Right basal infiltrates Right basal infiltrates Right basil infiltrates Right upper lobe infiltrates Left upper lobe infiltrates
RT-PCR ND Positive Positive Positive Positive Positive Positive
Outcome Survived Died Survived Survived Survived Survived Survived

a M, male; F, female; HCW, healthcare worker; SARS, severe acute respiratory syndrome; UTI, urinary tract infection; IHD, ischemic heart disease; DM, diabetes mellitus; RT-PCR, reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; temp., temperature; ND, not done.

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