id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-285907-xoiju5ub Chang, Shang-Miao Comparative study of patients with and without SARS WHO fulfilled the WHO SARS case definition 2005-05-31 .txt text/plain 3607 192 59 Abstract To differentiate severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) from non-SARS illness, we retrospectively compared 53 patients with probable SARS and 31 patients with non-SARS who were admitted to Mackay Memorial Hospital from April 27 to June 16, 2003. SARS patients with an initially normal chest X-ray study developed infiltrates at a mean of 5 ± 3.44 days after onset of fever (21/22 SARS vs. Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a rapidly progressive disease caused by a novel coronavirus. Initial chest X-ray studies were normal in 22 of 53 SARS patients (41%) and 5 of 31 non-SARS patients (16%) ( Table 4 ). All except 1 of the 22 SARS patients with an initially normal chest X-ray study eventually developed abnormalities (mean FD 5 Ϯ 3.44). No non-SARS patient with an initially negative chest X-ray developed abnormalities on follow-up films. ./cache/cord-285907-xoiju5ub.txt ./txt/cord-285907-xoiju5ub.txt