Index Patient and SARS Outbreak in Hong Kong

Wong, Raymond S.M.; Hui, David S.

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Index Patient and SARS Outbreak in Hong Kong

Published Date:

Feb 2004

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Emerg Infect Dis. 10(2):339-341.

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Wong, Raymond S.M. ; Hui, David S. ;

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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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