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The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health is today (May 26) investigating a case of severe paediatric influenza B infection affecting a 12-year-old boy.
The patient, with underlying illness, presented with fever, cough, runny rose and shortness of breath since May 12 and was admitted to the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit of Kwong Wah Hospital on May 15. He was subsequently transferred to Queen Mary Hospital for further management on the same day. His clinical diagnosis was influenza B complicated with severe bacterial pneumonia. He is currently in serious condition.
His nasopharyngeal aspirate tested positive for influenza B virus upon laboratory testing by the CHP's Public Health Laboratory Services Branch.
Initial enquiries by the CHP revealed that the patient had no recent travel history. His home contacts remain asymptomatic.
The patient, with underlying illness, presented with fever, cough, runny rose and shortness of breath since May 12 and was admitted to the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit of Kwong Wah Hospital on May 15. He was subsequently transferred to Queen Mary Hospital for further management on the same day. His clinical diagnosis was influenza B complicated with severe bacterial pneumonia. He is currently in serious condition.
His nasopharyngeal aspirate tested positive for influenza B virus upon laboratory testing by the CHP's Public Health Laboratory Services Branch.
Initial enquiries by the CHP revealed that the patient had no recent travel history. His home contacts remain asymptomatic.
