Table 6.
Characteristics and outcomes of 14 patients with a confirmed diagnosis of SARS
| No. | Sex | Age (y) | Days of fever to mortality | Lowest lymphocyte count | Highest WBC count | Days of highest WBC count to mortality | Confirmation of SARS |
Cause of death | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RT-PCR | Antibody | ||||||||
| 1 | F | 46 | NA | 455 | 13 015 | NA | + | + | Survived |
| 2 | F | 27 | NA | 266 | 12 500 | NA | − | + | Survived |
| 3 | M | 79 | NA | 879 | 20 700 | NA | + | − | Survived |
| 4 | F | 41 | NA | 302 | 28 800 | NA | + | + | Survived |
| 5 | F | 73 | NA | 516 | 30 100 | NA | − | + | Survived |
| 6 | M | 79 | 21 | 232 | 30 900 | 0 | − | + | Bacterial fungus RTI, arrhythmia |
| 7 | F | 76 | 16 | 924 | 20 200 | 1 | − | + | Bacterial RTI |
| 8 | M | 80 | 16 | 286 | 49 700 | 1 | + | − | Bacterial RTI |
| 9 | M | 83 | 4 | 406 | 21 000 | 1 | + | − | Bacterial RTI |
| 10 | M | 64 | 46 | 176 | 23 300 | 1 | + | − | Peritonitis |
| 11 | M | 75 | 45 | 97 | 37 700 | 1 | + | + | Fungus UTI |
| 12 | F | 52 | 82 | 470 | 33 400 | 2 | + | + | Bacterial, fungus RTI, UTI, MOF |
| 13 | M | 84 | 25 | 206 | 20 000 | 9 | + | − | Arrhythmia |
| 14 | M | 79 | 25 | 876 | 27 300 | 14 | − | + | AMI |
NA indicates not applicable; RTI, respiratory tract infection; UTI, urinary tract infection; MOF, multiple organ failure; AMI, acute myocardial infection.