SARS and Common Viral Infections

Janice K. Louie, Jill K. Hacker, Jennifer Mark, Shilpa Gavali, Shigeo Yagi, Alex Espinosa, David Schnurr, Cynthia Cossen, Erin R. Isaacson, Carol Glaser,

Emerging infectious diseases · 2004 · 27 citations · 13 references

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In California, molecular testing was useful in decreasing suspicion for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), by detecting common respiratory pathogens (influenza A/B, human metapneumovirus, picornavirus, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Chlamydia spp., parainfluenza virus, respiratory syncytial virus, and adenovirus) in 23 (45%) of 51 patients with suspected SARS and 9 (47%) of 19 patients with probable SARS.

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