Late Recognition of SARS in Nosocomial Outbreak, Toronto
SARS, nosocomial infections, Surveillance, dispatch, Canada
Late recognition of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) was associated with no known SARS contact, hospitalization before the nosocomial outbreak was recognized, symptom onset while hospitalized, wards with SARS clusters, and postoperative status. SARS is difficult to recognize in hospitalized patients with a variety of underlying conditions in the absence of epidemiologic links.
Thomas Wong, Tamara Wallington, L. Clifford McDonald, Zahid Abbas, Michael Christian, Donald E Low, Denise Gravel, Marianna Ofner, Barbara Mederski, Lisa Berger, Lisa Hansen, Cheryl Harrison, Arlene King, Barbara Yaffe, Theresa Tam
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Infectious and parasitic diseases, Medicine