Canadian Respiratory Journal (Jan 2006)

Risk of Ruling out Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome by Ruling in another Diagnosis: Variable Incidence of Atypical Bacteria Coinfection Based on Diagnostic Assays

  • George Zahariadis,
  • Ted A Gooley,
  • Phyllis Ryall,
  • Christine Hutchinson,
  • Mary I Latchford,
  • Margaret A Fearon,
  • Frances B Jamieson,
  • Susan Richardson,
  • Theodore Kuschak,
  • Barbara Mederski

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2006/862797
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 17 – 22

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) caused the first epidemic of the 21st century and continues to threaten the global community.