Germany - Woman dies of "superinfection", novel H1N1 confirmed

[Gert van der Hoek]

google translated

Swine influenza virus was confirmed

Woman dies of 'super-infection'

A 36-year-old woman is possibly the first casualties of swine flu in
Be Germany. She died on Friday (25.09.09) from a severe viral infection
Eating in the University Hospital. The H1N1 pathogen was in the woman
identified.


Dangerous for patients at risk: the swine flu virus

The 36-year-old died, according to the hospital with acute multi-organ failure. Whether the
Swineflu virus was responsible for her death, are now more
Investigations revealed, "said a spokesman for the clinic in Essen.

After a protracted flu the 180 pound in a smoker was
Hospital and then had to come because of their poor health
be on a respirator.

Because of better treatment options she was in
The University Hospital has been relocated. During the investigation there were among other
Pathogens including the swine flu virus discovered. Should the virus to their death
be responsible, they would be the first Schweinegrippen victims in Germany.


Professor Hartmut Hengel from the Institute of Virology at the University of Dusseldorf
WDR.de told that there is already longer feared to have been statistically
was that there were also deaths in Germany. Having started with only young,
Healthy people who are infected, for example, on holiday with the virus,
reach the swine flu now assigned to subjects who have high-risk groups
could be. "Then too serious curves are predestined," said Hengel.

To date, there were, according to the Robert Koch Institute 150 deaths in Europe. The
Most of these people would have had pre-existing conditions and would therefore on
a particularly vulnerable risk group includes pregnant women, elderly, or
obese people.

Laumann wants rapid vaccination

In NRW, will soon begin the vaccination
In Germany, are known so far about 20,000 cases of swine flu, which shares
Robert Koch Institute on with. It had in the past weeks and months
already some serious cases of swine flu given. In general, running
infections after but mild. In a severe case was a few weeks ago
young man in Cologne, life-threatening illness. As with the now deceased wife
was with him the "baseline risk" exists, in any form of influenza difficult to
. ill Thus in Germany die each year from 8000 to 11,000
People Gripperkrankungen.

NRW-Health Minister Karl-Josef Laumann (CDU), expressed to the families of the dead
his condolences. He emphasized that the flu does not "lightly" to
take it. Once approved, the vaccine against the virus by verifiers
was to begin in NRW vaccination. Then you could also risk patients such as the
Deaths protect preemptively.

http://www.wdr.de/themen/gesundheit/krankheit/schweinegrippe/090925.jhtml?rubrikenstyle=gesundheit

 

[german-docter]

Re: Germany - Woman dies of "superinfection", novel H1N1 confirmed

Video spot on tv wdr (German language only, available for a limited time at):

http://www.wdr.de/mediathek/html/regional/2009/09/25/aktuelle-stunde-schweinegrippe.xml

A 36 year old obese woman died in the morning hours of the 25th September 2009 due to pandemic influenza H1N1 and secondary complications of pneumonia, sepsis and multi-organ failure.

Intensive care unit at the university hospital Essen.

Spokesman of the hospital Burkhard B?scher: At home the patient had had symptoms of the flu and she even had returned to work after a few days of recovery, but then her condition of health seriously deteriorated and she had been admitted to a hospital at Gelsenkirchen (nearby Essen). She had a state of hypoxia and has to be set on artificial ventilation. For the last 10 days she had stayed on the intensive care unit at the university clinic Essen.

Statement of Dr. Michael Adamzik. The university clinic Essen is well prepared to deal with complicated cases of pandemic influenza H1N1, a team of specialists is available 24 hours a day.

At the beginning of September the ICU team had been able to save the life of a young woman with pandemic influenza, who had also been on ventilator.

In an interview Professor Dr. Jan Buer, specialist of microbiology and member of the therapeutic team at the university hospital Essen confirmed: We found pandemic influenza H1N1 and various resistant germs. The bacterial infections and sepsis with multi organ failure came secondary to the tissue damage that had been caused by the pandemic influenza virus H1N1. Infection with pandemic influenza H1N1 is the primary cause of death. Autopsy already has been performed and we are waiting for additional results of the post-mortem examination. Septic organ failure in this case included a disease of the gastrointestinal tract and disseminated intravasal coagulation.

Advice: Good hand hygiene and vaccination.

Additional statement of the health minister of the federal state North Rhine-Westfalia, Karl Josef Laumann. This is a very sad fatality. People should be vaccinated soon.