Table 1.
Clinical data of the SARS cases
| Case no. | Age/Sex | Course (d) | Clinical symptoms | Chest radiograph | Lymphopenia | SARS pathogen (real-time PCR) | History | Steroid treatment | Diagnosis | Postmortem interval (d) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5814 | 51/male | 45 | Fever and cough | Infiltrates in the right lower portion of the lung | Yes | Yes | Healthy | + | SARS | 8 |
| 5816 | 50/male | 33 | Fever, cough and shortness of breath | Bilateral ground glass changes | Yes | Yes | Coronary heart disease, primary hypertension | − | SARS | 12 |
| 5818 | 31/male | 35 | Fever and nonproductive cough | Ground glass changes in the periphery of the left lower lobe and the right middle lobe | Yes | Yes | Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | + | SARS | 23 |
| 5819 | 49/female | 32 | Fever and shortness of breath | Interstitial infiltrates | Yes | Yes | No notable medical history | + | SARS | 20 |
| 5821 | 24/male | 21 | Fever and cough | Bilateral patchy exudation in the lower lobes | Yes | Yes | Psychosis | + | SARS | 1 |
Abbreviation: PCR, polymerase chain reaction.