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Article: Clinical progression and viral load in a community outbreak of coronavirus-associated SARS pneumonia: A prospective study

TitleClinical progression and viral load in a community outbreak of coronavirus-associated SARS pneumonia: A prospective study
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Issue Date2003
PublisherThe Lancet Publishing Group. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/lancet
Citation
Lancet, 2003, v. 361 n. 9371, p. 1767-1772 How to Cite?
AbstractBackground: We investigated the temporal progression of the clinical, radiological, and virological changes in a community outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Methods: We followed up 75 patients for 3 weeks managed with a standard treatment protocol of ribavirin and corticosteroids, and assessed the pattern of clinical disease, viral load, risk factors for poor clinical outcome, and the usefulness of virological diagnostic methods. Findings: Fever and pneumonia initially improved but 64 (85%) patients developed recurrent fever after a mean of 8.9 (SD 3.1) days, 55 (73%) had watery diarrhoea after 7.5 (2.3) days, 60 (80%) had radiological worsening after 7.4 (2.2) days, and respiratory symptoms worsened in 34 (45%) after 8.6 (3.0) days. In 34 (45%) patients, improvement of initial pulmonary lesions was associated with appearance of new radiological lesions at other sites. Nine (12%) patients developed spontaneous pneumomediastinum and 15 (20%) developed acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in week 3. Quantitative reverse-transcriptase (RT) PCR of nasopharyngeal aspirates in 14 patients (four with ARDS) showed peak viral load at day 10, and at day 15 a load lower than at admission. Age and chronic hepatitis B virus infection treated with lamivudine were independent significant risk factors for progression to ARDS (p=0.001). SARS-associated coronavirus in faeces was seen on RT-PCR in 65 (97%) of 67 patients at day 14. The mean time to seroconversion was 20 days. Interpretation: The consistent clinical progression, shifting radiological infiltrates, and an inverted V viral-load profile suggest that worsening in week 2 is unrelated to uncontrolled viral replication but may be related to immunopathological damage.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/79193
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dc.contributor.authorPeiris, JSMen_HK
dc.contributor.authorChu, CMen_HK
dc.contributor.authorCheng, VCCen_HK
dc.contributor.authorChan, KSen_HK
dc.contributor.authorHung, IFNen_HK
dc.contributor.authorPoon, LLMen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLaw, KIen_HK
dc.contributor.authorTang, BSFen_HK
dc.contributor.authorHon, TYWen_HK
dc.contributor.authorChan, CSen_HK
dc.contributor.authorChan, KHen_HK
dc.contributor.authorNg, JSCen_HK
dc.contributor.authorZheng, BJen_HK
dc.contributor.authorNg, WLen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLai, RWMen_HK
dc.contributor.authorGuan, Yen_HK
dc.contributor.authorYuen, KYen_HK
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-06T07:51:43Z-
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dc.date.issued2003en_HK
dc.identifier.citationLancet, 2003, v. 361 n. 9371, p. 1767-1772en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0140-6736en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/79193-
dc.description.abstractBackground: We investigated the temporal progression of the clinical, radiological, and virological changes in a community outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Methods: We followed up 75 patients for 3 weeks managed with a standard treatment protocol of ribavirin and corticosteroids, and assessed the pattern of clinical disease, viral load, risk factors for poor clinical outcome, and the usefulness of virological diagnostic methods. Findings: Fever and pneumonia initially improved but 64 (85%) patients developed recurrent fever after a mean of 8.9 (SD 3.1) days, 55 (73%) had watery diarrhoea after 7.5 (2.3) days, 60 (80%) had radiological worsening after 7.4 (2.2) days, and respiratory symptoms worsened in 34 (45%) after 8.6 (3.0) days. In 34 (45%) patients, improvement of initial pulmonary lesions was associated with appearance of new radiological lesions at other sites. Nine (12%) patients developed spontaneous pneumomediastinum and 15 (20%) developed acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in week 3. Quantitative reverse-transcriptase (RT) PCR of nasopharyngeal aspirates in 14 patients (four with ARDS) showed peak viral load at day 10, and at day 15 a load lower than at admission. Age and chronic hepatitis B virus infection treated with lamivudine were independent significant risk factors for progression to ARDS (p=0.001). SARS-associated coronavirus in faeces was seen on RT-PCR in 65 (97%) of 67 patients at day 14. The mean time to seroconversion was 20 days. Interpretation: The consistent clinical progression, shifting radiological infiltrates, and an inverted V viral-load profile suggest that worsening in week 2 is unrelated to uncontrolled viral replication but may be related to immunopathological damage.en_HK
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dc.subject.meshAdministration, Oralen_HK
dc.subject.meshAdulten_HK
dc.subject.meshAgeden_HK
dc.subject.meshAmoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination - administration & dosageen_HK
dc.subject.meshDisease Outbreaks - statistics & numerical dataen_HK
dc.subject.meshDisease Progressionen_HK
dc.subject.meshFemaleen_HK
dc.subject.meshFollow-Up Studiesen_HK
dc.subject.meshHumansen_HK
dc.subject.meshInfusions, Intravenousen_HK
dc.subject.meshLength of Stayen_HK
dc.subject.meshLung - radiographyen_HK
dc.subject.meshMaleen_HK
dc.subject.meshMiddle Ageden_HK
dc.subject.meshOfloxacinen_HK
dc.subject.meshPregnancyen_HK
dc.subject.meshPregnancy Complications, Infectious - diagnosis - therapyen_HK
dc.subject.meshPulse Therapy, Drugen_HK
dc.subject.meshSARS Virus - isolation & purificationen_HK
dc.subject.meshSevere Acute Respiratory Syndrome - diagnosis - drug therapy - epidemiology - virologyen_HK
dc.subject.meshSurvival Rateen_HK
dc.subject.meshViral Load - statistics & numerical dataen_HK
dc.titleClinical progression and viral load in a community outbreak of coronavirus-associated SARS pneumonia: A prospective studyen_HK
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dc.identifier.emailPeiris, JSM: malik@hkucc.hku.hken_HK
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