Pregnant H1N1 flu patient dies in Denpasar -suspected of h5n1 also

[Treyfish]

04/Sep/09
A 19-year-old woman died after being treated for the H1N1 flu virus for almost a week at Sanglah Hospital in Denpasar, Bali.
Ken Wirasandhi, a spokesman from the hospital, said Friday that Ni Wayan Siti of Tampaksiring, Gianyar, died on Thursday night. Ken said the patient, who had tested positive for the H1N1 infection, had also had pneumonia.
Siti was eight months pregnant when she was admitted to the hospital on Saturday last week. She had a miscarriage three days later.
The hospital also suspected that Siti was infected with bird flu, but had yet to receive test results to confirm it.
Separately, chief of the Bali Health Agency I Nyoman Sutedja, said Siti's death was the first H1N1-related death on the resort island. So far, 83 people, 42 of them foreigners, have been treated for the H1N1 virus infection.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/09/04/pregnant-h1n1-flu-patient-dies-denpasar.html

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[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Pregnant H1N1 flu patient dies in Denpasar -suspected of h5n1 also

It is good to post this here again, see also these threads on the same patient:

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=123976 H1N1 tracking

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=111562 H5N1 tracking

Edit: Shiloh's post in the H5N1 thread says the woman was tested positive for influenza A.
She had serious symptoms.

Further testing is going on to confirm if it is H1N1 or H5N1.
Both is possible, in theory. Let us hope not.