SARS Clinical Features, United States, 2003

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.

Keywords

• Severe acute respiratory syndrome
• SARS
• SARS-associated coronavirus
• clinical features
• United States
• case-control