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

• DOI: 10.3201/eid2601.190952
• Publication Date: 2019-12-05T17:16:45Z
• 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
• Keywords: Adult; Microbiology (medical); 0301 basic medicine; hypertension; Epidemiology; Saudi Arabia; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Retrognathia; MERS-CoV; 03 medical and health sciences; Risk Factors; death; Research Letter; Diabetes Mellitus; Humans; viruses; R; Middle Aged; 3. Good health; Infectious Diseases; diabetes mellitus; Hypertension; Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus; Medicine; Coronavirus Infections; Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus

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 frequency death corresponded closely presence multiple more underlying conditions.