Neuromusculoskeletal Disorders Following SARS: a Case Series (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) (Report‪)‬

Introduction Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is an infectious disease caused by the novel SARS-corona virus (SARS-CoV) that caused a global outbreak in 2003 and resulted in serious mortality and morbidity. (1-3 As a novel virus presenting as an atypical pneumonia, (4) SARS created a diagnostic challenge. To aid in disease management, the World Health Organization defined suspected cases as: "disease in a person with a documented fever (temperature 38[degrees]C), lower respiratory tract symptoms, and contact with a person believed to have had SARS or a history of travel to a geographic area where there has been documented transmission of the illness." (4) Further, a suspected case involving findings of pneumonia on chest radiograph, acute respiratory distress syndrome, or unexplained respiratory illness resulting in death with autopsy results demonstrating the pathology of acute respiratory distress syndrome without an identifiable cause was considered a "probable case." (4)