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Monday, December 3, 2012

Patients with suspected H5N1 flu death



PN - TS-BS Le Manh Hung, deputy director of the hospital (BV) for Tropical Diseases Ho Chi Minh City, said patients (patients) with suspected influenza H5N1 by BV Locked Binh Duong moved to 28/11, has mortality.
    According to medical records, patients admitted to the hospital in a state of continuous high fever, cough, sore throat, shortness of breath, chest X-ray shadow big heart, pleural effusion. Due to the usual treatment for patients not yield results, the doctors suspected H5N1 infected patients and transferred to the Hospital for Tropical Diseases.
     However, the test results of the Hospital for Tropical Diseases Ho Chi Minh City and Ho Chi Minh City Pasteur Institute showed that patients negative for the H5N1 flu, although the illness is very similar to the H5N1 flu. Doctors are continuing to study the cause of death for patients. Known, BN Nguyen Van S. (42 years old, resident of Kien Giang province), as an additive in the town of Thuan An, Binh Duong Province. Before admission, the patient had contact with infected ducks in Kien Giang and family eating duck meat.  http://phunuonline.com.vn/xa-hoi/y-te/benh-nhan-nghi-nhiem-cum-h5n1-da-tu-vong/a80688.html