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Volume 10, Number 10—October 2004
Research

Virus-specific RNA and Antibody from Convalescent-phase SARS Patients Discharged from Hospital

Hoe Nam Leong*†1Comments to Author , Kwai Peng Chan†1, Ali S Khan‡§, Lynette Oon†, Su Yun Se-Thoe†, Xin Lai Bai†, Daniel Yeo*, Yee Sin Leo*, Brenda Ang*, Thomas G. Ksiazek‡, and Ai Ee Ling†
Author affiliations: *Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore; †Singapore General Hospital, Singapore; ‡Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; §Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network, Geneva, Switzerland

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Table

Clinical and laboratory parameters of patients with stool samples positive for SARS-CoV RNAa

Patient no. Age Sex Ethnicity Occupation Specimens provided Viral loadb (copies/mL) History of ICU admission Required supplemental oxygen Peak LDH U/L Concurrent illness
3 43 Male Malay Unemployed Wk 5c Wk 5 ( 33.9 x 103) No No 299 Diabetes mellitus type 2
Steroid use
16 33 Female Indian Domestic maid Wks 4,c 5,6 Wk 4 (37.1 x 103) No Yes, I/N 1,127 None
35 17 Male Chinese Student Wk 9c Wk 9 (1.73 x 103) No No 615 None
51 30 Female Filipino Healthcare worker Wks 5,c 6c Wk 5 (2 x 103)
Wk 6 (1.64 x 103) No No 1,065 None
62 35 Male Chinese Diver Wk 5c Wk 5 (7.76 x 103) No Yes, I/N 952 None

aSARS-CoV, severe acute respiratory syndrome–associated coronavirus; ICU, intensive care unit; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; I/N, intranasal oxygen.
bRT-PCR was performed by using the RealArt HPA-coronavirus RT-PCR kit (Artus Gmbh, Hamburg, Germany) on the Roche Lightcycler. Viral load was determined for each mL of stool sample.
cPositive RT-PCR results for SARS-CoV.

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1These authors contributed equally to this paper.

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