Journal article
Early diagnosis of SARS: lessons from the Toronto SARS outbreak
Abstract
The clinical presentation of SARS is nonspecific and diagnostic tests do not provide accurate results early in the disease course. Initial diagnosis remains reliant on clinical assessment. To identify features of the clinical assessment that are useful in SARS diagnosis, the exposure status and the prevalence and timing of symptoms, signs, laboratory and radiographic findings were determined for all adult patients admitted with suspected SARS …
Authors
Muller MP; Richardson SE; McGeer A; Dresser L; Raboud J; Mazzulli T; Loeb M; Louie M
Journal
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Vol. 25, No. 4, pp. 230–237
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
April 2006
DOI
10.1007/s10096-006-0127-x
ISSN
0934-9723