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SARS

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SARS severe acute respiratory syndrome.
SARS
abbr.
severe acute respiratory syndrome

SARS,
SARS 
severe acute respiratory syndrome.

SARS
severe acute respiratory syndrome.

SARS
Severe acute respiratory syndrome Virology A potentially severe and fatal RTI caused by coronavirus. See Coronavirus.
SARS  WHO case definitions
Suspected SARS  
• High fever P> 38ºC
• Respiratory Sx Cough, or SOB, or dyspnea
• Contact Close contact with a person previously diagnosed with SARS–having cared for, lived with, or had direct contact with bodily secretions of a person with SARS
Probable SARS Pt meets criteria of a suspected case and there is radiologic evidence of infiltrates consistent with pneumonia or respiratory distress syndrome l


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