11yr. old is #13 A/H1N1 death reported in Chile

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A child of 11 years is the number 13 died from influenza A in Chile
A boy of eleven years, died in the southern Chilean region of Bio Bio, became the 13th fatality of influenza A in this country, health sources reported today.

Little died last 26 days in the hospital the fig, the port of Talcahuano, 531 kilometers from Santiago, in the final hours of Sunday, the Institute of Public Health confirmed that he was infected with the virus AH1N1, told reporters Wladimir Hermosilla, director of the Health Service there.

He said that the child was admitted on Wednesday of last week with a clinical picture of developments in three days, with a bronchial obstructive syndrome and Duchenne muscular dystrophy pathology and base.

The latter is an inherited disease that causes degeneration of muscles.

The child progressed well and was without fever on Thursday, lucid, without oxygen and chest radiograph normal, but it occurred the day after a cardiac arrest and died, said Hermosilla.

According to the latest report from the health authorities, the number of infected with influenza A, arrived in Chile in 6211, the highest number in South America, as the southern winter has encouraged the spread of the virus.

Of the total cases, 3.7% required hospitalization and 0.2% died, while 232 people are infected severe.

The presence of influenza A, together with other conditions in Chile have traditionally increase during the winter, as syncytial virus, which attacks infants and toddlers, and seasonal influenza, have collapsed in recent days the Chilean Health both the public and private

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Re: 11yr. old is #13 A/H1N1 death reported in Chile

Source: http://www.radio.uchile.cl/notas2.asp?idNota=53764

30-6-2009 9:12
Human influenza and not regressing child of eleven years is the thirteenth victim

A child of 11 years died in Biob?o region and became the 13th fatality of human influenza in the country. Little died on June 26 in Las Higueras Hospital, the port of Talcahuano, in the final hours of Sunday, the Institute of Public Health confirmed that he was infected with the virus AH1N1.

The child was admitted on Wednesday of last week with a clinical picture of developments in three days, with a bronchial obstructive syndrome and Duchenne muscular dystrophy pathology and base. The latter is an inherited disease that causes degeneration of muscles.

The child progressed well and was without fever on Thursday, lucid, without oxygen and chest radiograph normal, but it occurred the day after a cardiac arrest and died.

Meanwhile, a historical demand in the public health system led to this weekend, tables syncytial virus and influenza that occurred in patients in the metropolitan region.

Health authorities acknowledged today that the care in clinics and Sapus quadrupled and hospital admissions for syncytial virus reached its peack.

Only on Saturday the system experienced a 64% increase in queries from children and 46% in adults, with respect to the previous day.

The Minsal also reported that hospitalizations due to syncytial virus also reached their highest point this weekend.
Another relevant fact is that the continuing increase in human cases of influenza in people older than five years.

In this regard, the Undersecretary of Assistance Networks, Julio Montt, highlighted the benefits of care in clinics throughout the weekend, indicating that primary care premises is a "historical situation sobredemanda, never seen before," noting that the extraordinary measure "has allowed to account for this increased demand."

"Power to respond to that demand with the successful strategy of opening special clinics that are not in all communes SAPU could account for a significant demand without much waiting time and more importantly addressing the query of the entire population and those meeting the criteria of human influenza. All have left their houses with the signs of sleep and its antiviral treatment, "Montt said.

According to the latest report from the health authorities, the number of infected with influenza A, arrived in Chile in 6212, the highest number in South America, as the southern winter has encouraged the spread of the virus.

Meanwhile, globally, the World Health Organization reported that the human influenza has contaminated at 70 thousand 893 people worldwide and caused 311 deaths. An increase of 11 thousand cases since last WHO review of the broadcast on Friday.

The largest increase was recorded in United States, which now has 27 thousand 717 cases, after giving positive tests 6 thousand 268 people. This is the country most affected by the virus. The balance also worsened in Canada, with 043 thousand cases for a total of 7 thousand 775.

And in another case, the Danish Institute of serology reported yesterday that the first case of resistance to antiviral treatment Tamiflu, the Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche, was detected in Denmark in a patient infected by influenza A.

Faced with resistance to Tamiflu, the patient was treated with another drug, the Relenza, made by GlaxoSmithKline UK laboratory.

Tamiflu is considered by the World Health Organization (WHO) as an effective treatment against the current form of human influenza.