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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome*

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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome*

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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome*

Our descriptive-analytic observation study about clinical manifestations of SARS was performed on total 34 patients admitted to National Institute for Research on Tropical Medicine, Hanoi, Vietnam. There were one patient with COPD and another patient with hypertensive heart failure. The mean age is 37.4 14.4 (18-76), males (13/34 (38.2%) and females 21/34 (61.8%). The mean incubation time is 8.73.6 (2-16) days. The common signs and symptoms are fever (100%), fatigue (94%), dry cough (67.6%, myalgia (55.9%), abnormal lung sounds (52.9%), headache (50%), chest pain (50%). There were 13/34 patients with diarrhea (38.2%), 8/34 with conjunctival and integumental congestion (23.5%), 5/34 with coryza (11.8%) and 2/34 with productive cough (5.9%), 11 severe patients had marked findings of respiratory failure with tachypnea, SpO2< 85% and abundant abnormal lung sounds, including 4 patients required BiPAP ventilation support. The mean age of these severe patients (48.714.7) is significantly higher than of remaining patients (32.011.0) with p value=0.0008. All patients have survived and have no fever after 10.5 days on average. In conclusion: the clinical manifestations of SARS patients in our study are not specific as fever caused by other common virus except findings of respiratory failure and the diagnosis should base on epidemiologic factors and chest X-ray imaging. The old age and reparatory failure degree may be factors associated with progressive disease.
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ; Diagnosis

Background: Bacteria are among the common pathogens in Vietnam and other developing countries. Antibiotics are effective in the treatment, but the antibiotics gradually become ineffective due to drug resistance of bacteria, especially in children. The study on influenza virus in 2001-2003 has resulted in preventative activities against the acute respiratory tract infections in children.\r\n', u'Objectives: Determine the root cause bacterial infections and often determine the extent of antibiotic resistance of common pathogenic bacteria isolated in Hai Phong pediatric Hospital.\r\n', u'Subjects and method: At Microorganism Department of Hai Phong pediatric Hospital from January 2003 to December 2004, 558 trains of common pathogenic microorganisms were isolated from 0 -15 year old children clinical samples such as: blood, pus, cerebrospinal fluid, urine, stool...These samples of isolated microorganisms were also tested on their sensitiveness to several antibiotics.\r\n', u'Results:Findings showed that the 3 most frequently recognized bacterier out of 11 antibiotic sensitive tested species were: streptococcus pneumoniae (20.61%), neisseria (18.1%), E.coli (15.95%); and the most resisted antibiotics included: Co-trimoxazole, Chloramphenicol and Ampiciline. The staph was resistant to general Chlora, phenicol, Co-trimoxazol, and also sensitive to cefotacim, Amikacin. In the bacillus bacteria tested were resistant blue latex all, only works with Amikacin.\r\n', u'Conclusion: Its also found that every kind of tested bacterium had got various levels of sensitivity to different of antibiotics.\r\n', u'
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ; Adenoviridae ; Influenza ; Human ;

Humans ; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ; diagnosis ; therapy

Humans ; Research ; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

Severe acute respiratory syndrome(SARS), caused by SARS- associated coronavirus(SCV), is the first severe infectious disease in this century. SARS is pathologically characterized by interstitial exudative inflammation of lung with the formation of hyaline membrane in acute phase. Haemorrhagic inflammation exists in extrapulmonary organs. Clinical diagnosis is a dynamic process and includes the suspected case, probable case and definite case. Diagnostic standard of SARS will be revised with further understanding of the disease. Chinese term of SARS has been recommended in the paper.
Humans ; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ; diagnosis ; epidemiology ; pathology ; Terminology as Topic

China ; epidemiology ; Humans ; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ; epidemiology ; transmission

By monitoring the clinical and epidemiological development and prevention of SARS outbreak, the author initially informed some remarks: 1 month after outbreak, SARS just occurred in individuals who were close related with the initial sources of infection from hospitals. Not detect outbreak in community
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ; Epidemiologic Methods ; Epidemiologic Studies ; epidemiology