The death of a woman from bird flu despite being treated with Tamiflu for 10 days (#91)

[Commonground]

Thursday, January 21st, 2010 - 19:24

Ministry of Health announced the death of a No. 91 of avian flu, becoming the victim No. 28 of the disease since it appeared in Egypt in 2006 so far This is the first event of the death in 2010.

Case of a girl, aged "29 years" of Beni Suef, started showing symptoms on 6 January this year, and the effect was entered Beni Suef hospital on January 11, has been suffering from fever, cough, sore throat and difficulty in breathing, after exposure to dealing with dead birds suspected of being infected with the disease, and is beginning to emerge and given Tamiflu as of that date so far for more than 10 consecutive days, which confirms that the impact of the drug in the situation.

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[Giuseppe]

Re: The death of a woman from bird flu despite being treated with Tamiflu for 10 days (#91)

Egypt reports twenty-eighth death from bird flu (African Press Agency, edited)

Egypt reports twenty-eighth death from bird flu

SM/daj/APA, 2010-01-22
APA-Cairo (Egypt)


The Egyptian Health Ministry reported on Thursday the 28th human death from bird flu in the country.

A woman aged 20, from Beni Suef, about 90 kilometres south of Cairo died as a result of breathing failure after she was diagnosed to have contracted bird flu.

The new death brought the total number of deaths in Egypt from bird flu to 28 cases since the outbreak of the flu in 2006.

The case is the first casualty in 2010.

The Ministry last Wednesday also announced that a three-year old child from Assiut Governorate, about 500km from Cairo, was diagnosed as suffering from fever, cough, running nose, was later tested positive of bird flu.
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[Twall]

Re: The death of a woman from bird flu despite being treated with Tamiflu for 10 days (#91)

bump this mentions the death also and supports The information published by saidr

 

[sharon sanders]

Re: The death of a woman from bird flu despite being treated with Tamiflu for 10 days (#91)

Link to the FluTrackers List:

Egypt - Confirmed Human H5N1 Cases, January 2009 to Present


http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=141367