中东呼吸综合征冠状病毒爆发导致心脏手术后高死亡率。

Department of Cardiac Science, King Fahad Cardiac Center, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Ann Thorac Surg. 2017 Aug;104(2):e127-e129. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.02.072.

Middle East respiratory syndrome-coronavirus (MERS-CoV) resembles a severe form of community-acquired pneumonia initially reported in Saudi Arabia in 2012. The MERS-CoV epidemic poses a big challenge because of its high mortality. In January 2015, a patient who was potentially incubating MERS-CoV arrived from the emergency department of another hospital and was admitted with acute coronary syndrome. This resulted in an outbreak in the cardiac surgery ward that caused the deaths of 5 of 6 patients who had undergone cardiac operations.

中东呼吸综合征冠状病毒（MERS-CoV）类似于2012年首次在沙特阿拉伯报告的一种严重的社区获得性肺炎。由于其高死亡率，MERS-CoV疫情构成了巨大挑战。2015年1月，一名可能正在潜伏MERS-CoV的患者从另一家医院的急诊科转来，并因急性冠状动脉综合征入院。这导致心脏外科病房爆发疫情，6名接受心脏手术的患者中有5人死亡。