Treatment of severe acute respiratory syndrome with convalescent plasma

VWS Wong, D Dai, AKL Wu, JJY Sung
Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong

In March 2003, an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome started in Hong Kong. A 57-year-old woman had a typical presentation, including fever, non-productive cough, malaise, lymphopenia, and raised liver aminotransferases. The clinical course and successful treatment with convalescent plasma, ribavirin, and corticosteroids are discussed.

Hong Kong Med J 2003;9:199-201

Key words: Fever; Pneumonia; Ribavirin; Severe acute respiratory syndrome

This article was published at www.hkmj.org.hk on 17 April 2003.