Volume 10, Number 3—March 2004
Dispatch
Patient Data, Early SARS Epidemic, Taiwan
Po-Ren Hsueh*, Pei-Jer Chen*, Cheng-Hsiang Hsiao*, Shiou-Huei Yeh†, Wen-Chen Cheng*, Jiun-Ling Wang*, Bor-Luen Chiang*, Shan-Chwen Chang*, Feng-Yee Chang‡, Wing-Wai Wong§, Chuan-Liang Kao*1, Pan-Chyr Yang*1
, and the SARS Research Group of National Taiwan University College of Medicine and National Taiwan University Hospital
, and the SARS Research Group of National Taiwan University College of Medicine and National Taiwan University Hospital
Table
Clinical features and laboratory findings of 10 patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome in Taiwan
| Clinical and laboratory findings | No. (%) of patients (N = 10) |
|---|---|
| Clinical features |
|
| Fever (>38°C) |
10 (100) |
| Dry cough |
10 (100) |
| Loose stool or diarrhea |
8 (80) |
| Myalgia |
7 (70) |
| Malaise |
7 (70) |
| Chills and rigor |
6 (60) |
| Headache |
4 (40) |
| Sore throat |
1 (10) |
| Dyspnea |
1 (10) |
| Abdominal pain |
1 (10) |
| Rhinorrhea |
0 |
| Laboratory findings |
|
| Leukopenia (<4 x 109/L) |
4 (40) |
| Leukocytosis (>10 x 109/L) |
1 (10) |
| Anemia (hemoglobin <12 g/dL) |
1 (10) |
| Lymphocytopenia (<1.5 x 109/L) |
9 (90) |
| Thrombocytopenia (<130 x 109/L) |
5 (50) |
| Elevated aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (>32 IU/L) |
7 (70) |
| Elevated alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (>40 IU/L) |
6 (60) |
| Elevated lactate dehydrogenase
(>460 (IU/L) |
7 (78)a |
| Elevated creatinine phosphokinase (>160 IU/L) |
5 (71)b |
| Hyponatremia (<134 mmol/L) |
5 (50) |
| Creatinine (>106 mmol/L) |
0 ( 0) |
| C-reactive protein (>8 mg/L) |
|
| Ferritin (M >377 μg/L; F>151 μg/L) |
7 (100)b |
| Oxygen saturation (<95%) | 2 (20) |
aData were available for nine patients; M, male; F, female.
bData were available for seven patients.
1Pan-Chyr Yang and Chuan-Liang Kao contributed equally to this article.
2The SARS Research Group of National Taiwan University College of Medicine and National Taiwan University Hospital includes the following members: Ding-Shinn Chen, Yuan-Teh Lee, Che-Ming Teng, Pan-Chyr Yang, Hong-Nerng Ho, Pei-Jer Chen, Ming-Fu Chang, Jin-Town Wang, Shan-Chwen Chang, Chuan-Liang Kao, Wei-Kung Wang, Cheng-Hsiang Hsiao, and Po-Ren Hsueh.
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