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The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health is today (February 20) investigating a case of severe paediatric influenza A infection affecting a one-year-old boy.
The patient, with good past health, has presented with fever and vomiting since February 11. He developed convulsion on February 15 and was admitted to Queen Mary Hospital on the same day. As his condition deteriorated, he was subsequently transferred to the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit for further management the next day. The clinical diagnosis was influenza A complicated by encephalopathy. He is now in critical condition.
His respiratory specimens tested positive for influenza A (H1) upon laboratory testing by the Public Health Laboratory Services Branch of the CHP.
Initial enquiries by the CHP revealed that the patient had travelled to Japan from February 3 to 9. His mother had a fever recently and has recovered. Other home contacts have remained asymptomatic. Investigation is ongoing.
http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/2...1602200644.htm
The patient, with good past health, has presented with fever and vomiting since February 11. He developed convulsion on February 15 and was admitted to Queen Mary Hospital on the same day. As his condition deteriorated, he was subsequently transferred to the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit for further management the next day. The clinical diagnosis was influenza A complicated by encephalopathy. He is now in critical condition.
His respiratory specimens tested positive for influenza A (H1) upon laboratory testing by the Public Health Laboratory Services Branch of the CHP.
Initial enquiries by the CHP revealed that the patient had travelled to Japan from February 3 to 9. His mother had a fever recently and has recovered. Other home contacts have remained asymptomatic. Investigation is ongoing.
http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/2...1602200644.htm