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JOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE
Volume 32, Issue 1, Pages 151-154Publisher
KOREAN ACAD MEDICAL SCIENCES
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2017.32.1.151
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Middle East Respiratory Syndrome; Coronavirus; Predictors; Monocytosis
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A case-control study was performed to identify clinical predictors for Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection among patients with acute febrile illness during the nosocomial outbreak. Patients with MERS-CoV were more likely to have monocytosis with normal white blood cell (WBC) count and lower C-reactive protein (CRP) level. Simple laboratory data such as complete blood counts (CBC) with differential count could be a useful marker for the prediction of MERS and triage at the initial presentation of acute febrile patients in outbreak setting.
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