广东省佛山市严重急性呼吸综合征首例报告

目的 探讨严重急性呼吸综合征(SARS)的流行病学特点、诊断和治疗方法。方法 分析广东省佛山市首例SARS的流行病学特点、诊断和治疗过程，以及使用SARS患康复期血清SARS抗体检查确定回顾性诊断。结果 该病例具有以下特征：(1)有接触和食用野生动物史；(2)有持续高热、咳嗽、痰少和呼吸困难等症状；(3)白细胞(WBC)不高；(4)双肺弥漫性浸润；(5)病情迅速发展至急性呼吸窘迫综合征(ARDS)；(6)传染至与其密切接触的4名亲属；(7)患康复期血清抗冠状病毒抗体(IgG)阳性，经过抗病毒、抗生素、糖皮质激素、有创机械通气和分子吸附再循环系统(MARS)治疗，44天后治愈出院。结论 佛山市首例完全具备SARS诊断标准的主要特点，有很强的传染性，经过机械通气和多脏器支持等治疗，愈后良好。

The first case of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Foshan

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the epidemiologic feature, diagnosis and treatment of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). METHODS: To describe the epidemiologic and clinical features of the first case of SARS in Foshan city, Guangdong province retrospectively, and to review the diagnostic procedure. RESULTS: This case had the following features: (1) a history of contact with mild cats and eating the animal's meat; (2) high fever (temperature, > 38 degrees C), followed by dry cough, rapid progression to respiratory failure, followed by radiographic evidence of bilateral air-space lesions; (3) no leukocytosis; (4) spread to 4 family members who had had direct contact with this patient; (5) the patient's serum SARS virus IgG was confirmed to be positive; (6) the patient was treated with anti-viral agents, antibiotics and mechanical ventilation and molecular adsorbent re-circulating system (MARS). CONCLUSIONS: The clinical manifestations of the SARS case, which was highly infectious, met world health organization (WHO) criteria for the diagnosis of SARS. Early initiation of mechanical ventilation and supportive therapy contributed to the good prognosis of this critical case.