Thursday, July 9, 2009

Vietnam: 2 positive cases of influenza A/H1N1 after 7 days treatment Tamiflu

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8 pm / 7, Nguyen Van Kinh, Director of the Institute for infectious diseases and tropical countries that are currently in the 2 patients with influenza A/H1N1 treatment were fever, manifests clinically stable but to 7 tested still positive influenza A/H1N1.
Mr. Glass adds, in the actual treatment of influenza A/H1N1 in the Institute, of the disease are very mild, flu as usual. Most patients only after 2 days of treatment were fever. To date 3, when conducting the test to 90% of the patients were negative for influenza A/H1N1. And 5 days after the fever, test negative patients are in hospital.

"However, with two cases, after treatment of stable, but has the fever to 7 days, when tested with the test but results for influenza A/H1N1 positive. Hospital patients have samples sent products of hygiene and from work to test gen surgery, whether the likelihood of drug resistance genes in the two patients is not, "Mr. Glass said.

In meetings to prevent people on your way now (8 / 8), Tran Nhu Duong, Vice Director of Institute of hygiene and epidemiology from that, it should be noted this case 2, as usual, of the disease were negative after 3 days. Moreover, in some countries has been resistant to drug Tamiflu.

"Before this case 2, we must find out why after 7 days treatment still positive? Will there be no drug resistance? If the resistance at any level? We should also note, in the near future to enhance the monitoring service, chùm of the infected in the community, if any symptoms of flu samples to test, "he said Duong.

Before the this, the lens continues to give a warning, people should not accidentally use the drug-resistant viruses when flu signs to avoid drug resistance, then, the treatment is very difficult.
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