Atypical SARS and Escherichia coli Bacteremia

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Tan, Thuan Tong ; Tan, Ban Hock ; Kurup, Asok ; Oon, Lynette Lin Ean ; Heng, Derrick ; Thoe, Su Yun Se ; Bai, Xin Lai ; Chan, Kwai Peng ; Ling, Ai Ee
• Description:
  We describe a patient with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) whose clinical symptoms were masked by Escherichia coli bacteremia. SARS developed in a cluster of healthcare workers who had contact with this patient. SARS was diagnosed when a chest infiltrate developed and when the patient's brother was hospitalized with acute respiratory failure. We highlight problems in atypical cases and offer infection control suggestions.
• Subjects:
  Bacteremia Base Sequence Contact Tracing Disease Outbreaks DNA, Viral Escherichia Coli Infections Humans Infection Control Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-To-Professional Male Middle Aged Personnel, Hospital Protective Devices Respiratory Protective Devices Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction Sars Virus Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 10(2):349-352.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Singapore
• Location:
  Asia
• Volume:
  10
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:5ae2cceffbfac8caafad1d0c35783ccb6b5342c0429d0f12e7f56b1aba2141fe
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/14413/cdc_14413_DS1.pdf
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