Advances in clinical diagnosis and treatment of severe acute respiratory syndrome

Table 1 Earliest symptoms of SARS^a

Symptom	No. (%) of patients (n = 144)
Fever (n = 106)
Alone	33 (23)
With prodrome	33 (23)
With prodrome and cough or dyspnea	16 (11)
With cough or dyspnea	15 (11)
With other combinations	9(6)
Prodrome alone	19 (13)
Cough or dyspnea alone	13 (9)
Symptom reported first
Prodrome	74 (52)
Fever	106 (74)
Cough or dyspnea	51 (35)
Diarrhea	9 (6)

^aProdrome includes headache, malaise, or myalgia.