Epidemiological and Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus in Iran in 2014

Japanese journal of infectious diseases

Maysam Yousefi¹  Mehrdad Farokhnia¹  Mohammad Moein Dehesh² 

[1] Department of Internal Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences;Iranian Medical Students Association of Kerman Local Committee (IMSA), Kerman University of Medical Sciences

关键词: Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV);    clinical characteristics;    epidemiology;    Iran, 2014;   

DOI  :  10.7883/yoken.JJID.2015.536

学科分类：传染病学

来源: National Institute of Infectious Diseases

【 摘 要 】

The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) was a great global concern in 2014. It has a wide range of manifestations that may differ in each area as well as high mortality. In this study, we report the epidemiological characteristics, history, clinical, and paraclinical information of all 5 patients from Iran with laboratory-confirmed MERS-CoV. All patients were from Kerman province. None of them had a history of travel, contact with animals, or consumption of camel milk products, however, all of the patients had contact with a person who had been in Saudi-Arabia and experienced respiratory infection. One of the 5 patients was a man and 2 passed away from the disease. Fever and respiratory symptoms were the most common symptoms, and 2 patients had watery diarrhea. Alveolar patterns were observed in all available chest radiograms, and 3 patients had elevated liver aminotransferase levels. Two of these patients had leukopenia, and none had renal failure. In conclusion, the results of this study underscore the need for all patients with acute respiratory symptoms with contact with a person who has recently traveled to Saudi-Arabia and experienced respiratory infection to be investigated for MERS-CoV.

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