PA: Patient Being Tested for Ebola at Philadelphia Hospital - negative

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Source: http://time.com/5522698/ebola-virus-penn-medicine/

Patient Being Tested for Ebola at Philadelphia Hospital
By Mahita Gajanan
10:29 AM EST

A patient is being tested for a possible Ebola virus at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, officials with the medical facility said Wednesday.

Dr. Patrick Brennan, chief medical officer at Penn Medicine, said the patient met screening criteria for Ebola testing and is currently undergoing evaluation.

?Preliminary testing indicates that the patient has another condition, which is likely the cause of their illness,? Brennan said in a statement. ?There is no risk to other patients or visitors.?

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Patient being tested for Ebola at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
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Tom Skinner of the Center for Disease Control confirmed the information given by Penn Medicine. Skinner added that additional testing will be performed to confirm the negative results.

The CDC says they will also be testing specimen from the patient independently.
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Here is the full statement from Dr. PJ Brennan, Penn Medicine's chief medical officer:

Clinical teams at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania have received extensive training and conduct ongoing preparations for the possibility of caring for a patient with the Ebola virus since the appearance of the virus in the United States in 2014. In an abundance of caution, a patient who met screening criteria for Ebola testing is currently being evaluated at HUP while tests to assess the patient's condition are completed. Preliminary testing indicates that the patient has another condition. Proper protocols and precautions will remain in place to ensure the safety of all of our patients and staff. We are not able to provide any additional information about the patient at this time due to privacy laws.
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https://6abc.com/health/patient-being-tested-for-ebola-at-hospital-of-the-university-of-pennsylvania/5123171/

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Source: https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news...505407571.html
Patient at Hospital at University of Pennsylvania Cleared of Ebola
Testing hasn't revealed that the patient has Ebola but the hospital continues to take precautions in any case.
By Dan Stamm
Published Feb 6, 2019 at 7:08 AM | Updated 58 minutes ago

A patient at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania has been cleared of Ebola after doctors originally feared the person might be infected with the potentially deadly disease.

The patient, whose identity was kept confidential due to privacy laws, was indeed not infected with the disease after being admitted to the hospital and quarantined, Pennsylvania Department of Health Press Secretary Nate Wardle said.

"In this case, the department was asked to consult on a case, and after further investigation and testing, Ebola has been ruled out and another diagnosis has been made," Wadle said...