Abstract
Of the first 10 patients in the epidemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Taiwan, 4 were closely associated with a SARS patient in an airplane. Loose stools or diarrhea, hemophagocytosis syndrome, and high serum levels of interleukin (IL)-6, IL-8, and tumor necrosis factor-a associated with lung lesions were found in all 10 patients.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Communicable Diseases, Emerging / drug therapy
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Communicable Diseases, Emerging / physiopathology
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Communicable Diseases, Emerging / transmission*
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Female
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Humans
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Lung / pathology
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / drug therapy
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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / physiopathology
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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / transmission*
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Taiwan
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Travel