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Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension, and Death Among 32 Patients with MERS-CoV Infection, Saudi Arabia

Overview
Journal Emerg Infect Dis
Specialty Infectious Diseases
Date 2019 Dec 20
PMID 31855530
Citations 29
Authors
Khalid H Alanazi
Glen R Abedi
Claire M Midgley
Abdulrahim Alkhamis
Taghreed Alsaqer
Abdullah Almoaddi
Abdullah Algwizani
Sameeh S Ghazal
Abdullah M Assiri
Hani Jokhdar
Susan I Gerber
Hail Alabdely
John T Watson
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Abstract

Diabetes mellitus and hypertension are recognized risk factors for severe clinical outcomes, including death, associated with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection. Among 32 virus-infected patients in Saudi Arabia, severity of illness and frequency of death corresponded closely with presence of multiple and more severe underlying conditions.

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