Index Patient and SARS Outbreak in Hong Kong

作者：Raymond S. M. Wong, David S.C. Hui · 发表于：Emerging infectious diseases · 年份：2004 · DOI：10.3201/eid1002.030645 · 被引用次数：58 · 研究领域：Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections、Antibiotic Use and Resistance、COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies

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.