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Review
. 2003 Jun;33(6):281-286.
doi: 10.1016/S0399-077X(03)00200-2. Epub 2003 Jun 6.

[Severe acute respiratory syndrome]

[Article in French]
B Guery  1 , S Alfandari  1 , O Leroy  1 , H Georges  1 , T D'escrivan  1 , E Kipnis  1 , Y Mouton  2 , Y Yazdanpanah  2
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Review

[Severe acute respiratory syndrome]

[Article in French]
B Guery et al. Med Mal Infect. 2003 Jun.

Abstract
in English, French

In the Fall of 2002 a report from Guangdong Province in China showed the occurrence of an outbreak of atypical pneumonia. This outbreak rapidly progressed from China to Hong Kong, Singapore, Toronto, and the USA, to more than 25 countries worldwide and almost 3500 cases to date in april 2003. The clinical features associate a fever with mild respiratory symptoms which can progress to a typical acute respiratory distress syndrome requiring intensive care unit admission. Enteric forms with diarrhea were recently described in Hong Kong. The medical community responded very rapidly and united in front of this major health crisis. In a couple weeks, the agent, a new Coronavirus was isolated, therapeutic guidelines were proposed and measures to limit the outbreak diffusion were started worldwide. We summarize here the history of the outbreak, the clinical, laboratory and radiological features of SARS. April 2003 therapeutic guidelines are also reported.

Le syndrome respiratoire aigu sévère (severe acute respiratory syndrome, SARS) est apparu à l’automne 2002 dans la province de Guangdong en Chine. L’épidémie s’est rapidement propagée à travers le monde pour toucher, courant avril, plus de 26 pays avec un total de cas à cette même date proche de 3500 cas. La symptomatologie associe des formes modérées se manifestant par une fièvre, une hypoxie, avec des formes de gravité majeure responsables de syndrome de détresse aigue nécessitant l’hospitalisation en unité de réanimation. Des formes digestives ont aussi récemment été décrites. Cette épidémie a suscité une réponse extrêmement rapide de la communauté internationale qui en quelques semaines a permis d’isoler l’agent responsable, un nouveau Coronavirus, de proposer une prise en charge thérapeutique et des mesures spécifiques pour limiter la diffusion de l’épidémie. Cette revue rassemble l’ensemble des données actuellement disponibles sur le SARS, de l’histoire de l’épidémie aux propositions thérapeutiques disponibles en date d’avril 2003.

Keywords: Coronavirus; Pneumonia; SARS.

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