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Table 1 Individual HRCT score at 60 and 90 days, and electron microscopic findings in patients with SARS

From: Persistence of lung inflammation and lung cytokines with high-resolution CT abnormalities during recovery from SARS

 

HRCT score

Virus particle in AM by EM

 

60 days

90 days

60 days

90 days

Case 1

0

0

-

N/D

Case 2

4

0

-

-

Case 3

0

0

-

N/D

Case 4

2

N/D

-

N/D

Case 5

3

0

-

N/D

Case 6

9

0

+

-

Case 7

12

3

+

N/D

Case 8

11

0

+

-

Case 9

12

7

+

-

Case 10

13

2

+

-

Case 11

15

12

+

N/D

Case 12

24

N/D

+

-

Mean ± SE

8.8 ± 2.1

2.4 ± 1.3*

  
  1. Abbreviation: HRCT, high resolution computed tomography; SARS, severe acute respiratory syndrome; AM, alveolar macrophage; EM, electron microscopy; N/D, not done.
  2. p < 0.01 indicates a comparison of HRCT score between 60 days and 90 days in corresponding group.