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Rhode island probable case { May 15 2003 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.msnbc.com/local/wjar/A1619525.asp http://www.msnbc.com/local/wjar/A1619525.asp Woman Isolated With 'Probable' Case Of SARS PROVIDENCE, 7:26 p.m. EDT May 15, 2003 - A Providence County woman who recently traveled to Toronto was isolated two days ago with what state health officials called a probable case of SARS. The 38-year-old woman received a medical evaluation and remains isolated at a hospital, the Department of Health announced Thursday. Officials declined to identify which hospital. News Channel 10's Brian Crandall reported hospital workers are using masks, gloves and gowns, and controlling who goes in and out of the woman's room. The woman developed a fever, headache and cough, and complained of shortness of breath eight days after returning from Toronto in mid-April, officials said. All of her symptoms are possible indicators of severe acute respiratory syndrome. She was admitted to the hospital Tuesday. Doctors there found evidence of pneumonia, said Dr. Patricia Nolan, director of the state Department of Health. "We're working to identify all close contacts -- both personal contacts and health care workers -- who may have been exposed," she said. "We have already placed several individuals on fever watch, which is a daily active monitoring by public health officials." As of Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had reported 345 cases of the potentially fatal disease in the United States. Of those, 281 were classified as suspected cases and 64 were considered probable. SARS was recently identified and can be fatal. It was diagnosed originally in China, Hong Kong, Vietnam and Singapore. The disease has since been found in Canada and the United States. In recent weeks, Rhode Island officials have monitored two residents who showed possible symptoms of SARS. A third possible case involved a Massachusetts resident who works at Brown University. None of those cases was positively identified as SARS. The Centers for Disease Control has been conducting clinical testing. The number of people killed by SARS worldwide climbed to more than 600 on Thursday. More than 7,600 have been infected.

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