Unknown Virus Update from Hong Kong
A member of the staff of the Prince of Wales Hospital has posted the following message on an infectuous diseases email list:
I am told that the incubation period appears to be 5-7 days. Patients present with high temperature which then settles. Patients then develop chills and rigors with high fever.
Chest x ray may initially be clear but then changes (bases in particular) start on Day 3-4.
Patients are lymphopenic with platelets decreasing over 3-4 days after initially being normal. APTT is prolonged, PT tends to be normal. LFTS are difficult to interpret because of various drug effects. If anything low rise (100) in ALT.
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