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cord-344383-7s4gnxs4	Tee, Augustine K.H.	Atypical SARS in Geriatric Patient	2004-02-17		.txt	text/plain	2056	125	52	We describe an atypical presentation of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in a geriatric patient with multiple coexisting conditions. On the basis of epidemiologic data (contact tracing linking her to one of the three original index cases in Singapore) (12) , the index patient's cause of death was determined to be SARS (Figure 3 ). Since the issue of a global alert on atypical pneumonia by the World Health Organization on March 12, reported cases of SARS increased daily and appeared in other countries, including Canada, the United States, Europe, and Africa. Our case serves to highlight atypical signs and symptoms of SARS, especially the resolving fever, delay in establishing a positive contact history, and the nonspecific chest radiographic appearance that could be affected by concurrent coexisting conditions, such as cardiac failure. A cluster of cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Hong Kong Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Singapore: clinical features of index patient and initial contacts	./cache/cord-344383-7s4gnxs4.txt	./txt/cord-344383-7s4gnxs4.txt