Lung pathology of fatal severe acute respiratory syndrome.
Lung pathology of fatal severe acute respiratory syndrome.
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10.1016/s0140-6736(03)13413-7
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发表时间:
2003-05-24
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通讯作者:
Peiris JS
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作者:
Nicholls JM;Poon LL;Lee KC;Ng WF;Lai ST;Leung CY;Chu CM;Hui PK;Mak KL;Lim W;Yan KW;Chan KH;Tsang NC;Guan Y;Yuen KY;Peiris JS
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a novel infectious disease with global impact. A virus from the family Coronaviridae has been identified as the cause, but the pathogenesis is still unclear. Post-mortem tissue samples from six patients who died from SARS in February and March, 2003, and an open lung biopsy from one of these patients were studied by histology and virology. Only one full autopsy was done. Evidence of infection with the SARS-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and human metapneumovirus was sought by reverse-transcriptase PCR and serology. Pathological samples were examined by light and electron microscopy and immunohistochemistry. All six patients had serological evidence of recent infection with SARS-CoV. Diffuse alveolar damage was common but not universal. Morphological changes identified were bronchial epithelial denudation, loss of cilia, and squamous metaplasia. Secondary bacterial pneumonia was present in one case. A giant-cell infiltrate was seen in four patients, with a pronounced increase in macrophages in the alveoli and the interstitium of the lung. Haemophagocytosis was present in two patients. The alveolar pneumocytes also showed cytomegaly with granular amphophilic cytoplasm. The patient for whom full autopsy was done had atrophy of the white pulp of the spleen. Electron microscopy revealed viral particles in the cytoplasm of epithelial cells corresponding to coronavirus. SARS is associated with epithelial-cell proliferation and an increase in macrophages in the lung. The presence of haemophagocytosis supports the contention that cytokine dysregulation may account, at least partly, for the severity of the clinical disease. The case definition of SARS should acknowledge the range of lung pathology associated with this disease. Published online May 16, 2003 http://image.thelancet.com/extras/03art4347web.pdf
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DOI:
10.1016/s0140-6736(03)13077-2
发表时间:
2003-04-19
期刊:
Lancet (London, England)
影响因子:
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作者:
Peiris JS;Lai ST;Poon LL;Guan Y;Yam LY;Lim W;Nicholls J;Yee WK;Yan WW;Cheung MT;Cheng VC;Chan KH;Tsang DN;Yung RW;Ng TK;Yuen KY;SARS study group
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SARS study group
影响因子:
7.3
作者:
Lai, KN;Leung, JCK;Lan, HY
通讯作者:
Lan, HY
影响因子:
2.2
作者:
Halbur, PG;Pallarés, FJ;Paul, PS
通讯作者:
Paul, PS
影响因子:
9.4
作者:
Fouchier, RAM;Bestebroer, TM;Osterhaus, ADME
通讯作者:
Osterhaus, ADME
影响因子:
168.9
作者:
Yuen, KY;Chan, PKS;Cheng, AFB
通讯作者:
Cheng, AFB