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  • Taiwan's first case of Tamiflu resistant H1N1

    2009-10-21

    Department of Health, Center for Disease Control announced yesterday, the first case of Tamiflu resistance of new strains of influenza cases and the virus strain H275Y type, is a two-year-old living in the southern men separate samples, at present the patient has been discharged.

    Friends and relatives, medical staff found no resistance

    Although the mutation of the virus replication rate is slower, but the CDC still worried about drug-resistant strains of virus spread, but fortunately the investigation contact with relatives and friends and health care professionals, although people are infected with new strain of influenza, but none was found resistant.

    Department of Health, while the World Health Organization (WHO) Bulletin, Taiwan became the tenth notification appears resistant to Tamiflu, a new influenza virus strain state. The other nine as Denmark, Japan, Canada, the United States, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Brazil and Argentina, has so far notified 36 drug-resistant virus strains, were not the case of community spread.

    Department of Health said that on September 1 patient developed fever, cough and other flu-like symptoms seek medical treatment, quick screens positive, the hospital for Tamiflu treatment. Hospital found that pre-treatment with Tamiflu samples of the sensitivity of the samples collected after treatment was found for H275Y Tamiflu-resistant type strain, showing any drugs resulting from mutation of the virus.

    Deputy Director of Health C. Chang pointed out that although the patient once symptoms of severe pneumonia, but pneumonia, drug-resistant ago, learning that took place, so the medical staff has not switched to another drug Relenza treatment, patients are mainly of individuals immunity against the virus, was discharged September 20.

    C. Chang said that Tamiflu resistant strains of domestic and foreign the same, that is, nucleic acid sequence of H275 virus replication in patients with mutations into the body 275Y, and the virus mutation is a question of probabilities, and the patient's own physical or other conditions not so much. http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2009/...y-life10-2.htm
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    Re: Taiwan's first cases of Tamiflu resistant H1N1

    Taiwan reports first Tamiflu-resistant flu case


    Posted : Tue, 20 Oct 2009

    Taipei - Taiwan Tuesday reported its first Tamiflu-resistant H1N1 flu case, but the patient recovered after continuous treatment, a senior official said.

    The patient, a 20-year-old man based in southern Taiwan, was found to have contracted the pandemic influenza, also called swine flu, on September 1 and was given Tamiflu for treatment, Deputy Health Minister Chang Shan-chwen said.

    The antiviral drug was found helpful to the man on the few days he was given the drug, but on September 4, viral samples showed the man had Tamiflu resistance, Chang said.

    He said that because of continuous treatment and the man's own immune system, the patient recovered from the pandemic flu on September 20 and left the hospital where he had been treated and isolated.

    Chang said his ministry reported the case to the World Health Organisation Tuesday, making the island the 11th area reporting a Tamiflu-resistant case, making it the first for Taiwan and the 36th for the 11 countries reporting such cases.

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