Table. Clinical and laboratory parameters of patients with stool samples positive for SARS-CoV RNA^a.

Patient no.	Age	Sex	Ethnicity	Occupation	Specimens provided	Viral loadb (copies/mL)	History of ICU admission	Required supplemental oxygen	Peak LDH U/L	Concurrent illness
3	43	Male	Malay	Unemployed	Wk 5c	Wk 5 ( 33.9 x 103)	No	No	299	Diabetes mellitus type 2 Steroid use
16	33	Female	Indian	Domestic maid	Wks 4,c 5,6	Wk 4 (37.1 x 103)	No	Yes, I/N	1,127	None
35	17	Male	Chinese	Student	Wk 9c	Wk 9 (1.73 x 103)	No	No	615	None
51	30	Female	Filipino	Healthcare worker	Wks 5,c 6c	Wk 5 (2 x 103) Wk 6 (1.64 x 103)	No	No	1,065	None
62	35	Male	Chinese	Diver	Wk 5c	Wk 5 (7.76 x 103)	No	Yes, I/N	952	None

^aSARS-CoV, severe acute respiratory syndrome–associated coronavirus; ICU, intensive care unit; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; I/N, intranasal oxygen.
^bRT-PCR was performed by using the RealArt HPA-coronavirus RT-PCR kit (Artus Gmbh, Hamburg, Germany) on the Roche Lightcycler. Viral load was determined for each mL of stool sample.
^cPositive RT-PCR results for SARS-CoV.