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cord-344967-t88pedeb	Tang, Hon Lok	Severe acute respiratory syndrome in haemodialysis patients: a report of two cases	2003-10-17		.txt	text/plain	1666	107	64	A 49-year-old male, who had end-stage renal failure and was receiving chronic haemodialysis twice weekly, was admitted to the Princess Margaret Hospital on April 6, 2003, because of fever, chills, rigors and cough for 1 day. In view of his contact history with SARS patients, he was put on anti-viral therapy with i.v. ribavirin on day 5. Despite ribavirin treatment, the patient ran a persistently low-grade fever and a chest radiograph on day 21 revealed new shadows over the right lower zone. We report two cases of SARS occurring in end-stage renal failure patients. The diagnosis of SARS was based on his strong contact history, chest radiograph shadows and the second RT-PCR assay for coronavirus of his throat and nasal swabs on day 24. The optimal ribavirin dose for treating SARS in patients with end-stage renal failure and in those receiving haemodialysis is unknown.	./cache/cord-344967-t88pedeb.txt	./txt/cord-344967-t88pedeb.txt